Engineer, specialising initially in carpentry and wood. Born near Durham.
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Thomas Tredgold
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Skempton Building plaques
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
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William Jessop
Civil engineer. Â Born Devon. Â Worked for Smeaton, first as an apprentice and then as assistant until 1772. Â Promoted cast iron as a constructional material. Â Built the Grand Canal in Ireland. Â Buil...
1 memorial
Carroll Shelby
American car designer, racing driver and entrepreneur. Born Texas. Suffered with a heart condition all his life.  Worked with AC Cars Limited to produce the AC Cobra, which he imported into the Sta...
1 memorial
Lesney Products & Co. Ltd.
The company's name came from the forenames of its founders Leslie Smith (1918 - 2005) and Rodney Smith (1917 - 2013). They were not related, but had been schoolfriends and also served together in t...
2 memorials
Sir John Rennie
Civil engineer. Born 27 Stamford Street. Â In London, worked on Waterloo, Southwark and London Bridges. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 1845-8. Died at Bengeo, near Hertford. Easy to...
5 memorials
Golden Jubilee Bridges
Footbridges on either side of the Hungerford railway bridge. They replaced the single footbridge which was located on the downstream side of the bridge, and commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen ...
1 memorial
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