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Thomas & Taylor

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Engineers active in 1897.

 

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Thomas & Taylor

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St Pancras Way bridge - foundation stone

This, the foundation stone for the bridge, was laid in March 1897 and less th...

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St Pancras Way bridge - opened

Vestry of St. Pancras This bridge was opened on Thursday, 22nd July 1897 by ...

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Clarendon Arch

Clarendon Arch

The New River had to be carried over Salmon's Brook (now dry).  To do this a 660-feet long lead-lined wooden aqueduct was built in 1608-13, known as the Bush Hill Frame.  At the same time a bridge ...

Building, Engineering

2 memorials
Sir Henry Bessemer

Sir Henry Bessemer

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 ...

Person, Engineering

2 memorials
Major-General William Roy

Major-General William Roy

Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire.  Founder of the Ordnance Survey. 1749-55, one of a team that produced "The Duke of Cumberland's Map", commissioned by  George II as ...

Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland

2 memorials
Road Research Laboratory

Road Research Laboratory

Established by the British government. During World War II it contributed to the war effort with research that aided the development of plastic armour and the bouncing bomb used in the Dambusters R...

Group, Engineering

1 memorial
William Ford Robinson Stanley

William Ford Robinson Stanley

Inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist. Born William Ford Robinson Stanley in Islington. He filed 78 patents for precision drawing, mathematical and surveying instruments, as well as telescopes....

Person, Architecture, Art, Engineering, Literature, Philanthropy

5 memorials