Consulting engineering firm. Bruce and his brother Colin joined their father's firm in 1919 and 1923. John Wolfe Barry was already a partner. Bruce was knighted after WW2 and on the father's death in 1925 the firm was renamed. Since the war it has primarily been involved in marine projects, such as the UK's first container terminal at Tilbury. Now part of Beckett Rankine.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Bruce White, Wolfe Barry and Partners
Creations i
Marylebone Flyover
Marylebone Flyover Opened by Mr Desmond Plummer TD, JP, leader of the Greater...
Other Subjects
Regent's Canal Company
Created following the passing of the Regent's Canal Bill in July 1812, to cut a new canal from the Grand Junction Canal in Paddington to Limehouse and the Thames. John Nash was a large shareholder;...
2 memorials
William Rankine
Born Edinburgh. Physicist. Worked in thermodynamics. Never married but was musical and wrote humorous songs. Died Glasgow.
2 memorials
first gas-lit street in the world
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Frederick Winsor in 1807. Â In January he lit the street and in June he put on a special gas-lit exhibition here, celebrati...
2 memorials
Norwood pumping station
This building provided the propulsion for the Croydon atmospheric railway. We don't know when the building was demolished. This 1868 map shows a building approximately '50m north of the bridge' whi...
1 memorial
Dennis Gabor
Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in Germany for several years, but moved to England when Adolf Hitler came to power. he invented holography in...
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them