Engineer known for inventing the Bessemer process for producing steel. Born Charlton, Hertfordshire. Moved to London aged 17. From 1833 he lived at 15 Northampton Square, the EC1 site now occupied by the entrance to City of London University. Died at home at 165 Denmark Hill.
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Sir Henry Bessemer
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Sir Henry Bessemer
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Frederick Handley Page
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Colonel George Thomas Landmann
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Alliott Verdon Roe
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Thames Tunnel Boiler House
Built to provide steam for the pumping engines needed to keep the Thames Tunnel dry during its construction.
Frederick Winsor
Gas engineer. Born Friedrich Albrecht Winzer (Anglicised as Frederick Albert Winsor) in Brunswick, Germany. He studied the technology of gas street lighting in Paris. In London he founded the Gas L...

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