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This tablet is dedicated to the memory of the engine room staff of the S.S. 'Titanic' who gave their lives at the post of duty when the vessel sank after striking an iceberg on April 15th, 1912.
Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer.....
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William Tierney Clark 1783 - 1852
William Tierney Clark 1783 - 1852?who lived locally was a distinguished civil engineer,?architect and fellow of the Royal Society. He designed the?first suspension bridge over the Thames at Hammersmith?completed in 1827, which was replaced by the present?bridge in 1887.?Clark?s?Hammersmith Bridge design led?directly to his greatest work, the Chain Bridge over the?Danube at Budapest (1849) shown on the panel above.?Clark was the engineer of the West Middlesex Water?Company located in Hammersmith. His other civil?engineering works were the chain bridges at Marlow (1832)?and Shoreham (1833 - 1923), He also built the Thames?Medway Canal (1824 - 1844) and Gravesend Pier (1834)
William Tierney Clark 1783 - 1852?who lived locally was a distinguished civil engineer,?architect and fellow of the Royal Society. He designed the?first suspension bridge over the Thames at Hammersmith?completed in 1827, which was replaced by the present?bridge in 1887.?Clark?s?Hammersmith Bridge design led?directly to his greatest work, the Chain Bridge over the?Danube at Budapest (1849) shown on the panel above.?Clark was the engineer of the West Middlesex Water?Company located in Hammersmith. His other civil?engineering works were the chain bridges at Marlow (1832)?and Shoreham (1833 - 1923), He also built the Thames?Medway Canal (1824 - 1844) and Gravesend Pier (1834)
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{top} Dr. Adam Doboszyński Senior (1839-1929): A lawyer, Galician politician, one of the founders of the Society of Folk Schools, publisher of 'Nowa Reforma,' and a councillor of the city of Kraków.
{bottom} Engineer Adam Doboszyński Junior: Born in this house in 1904, he was a publicist, political activist, and ideologist of the National Movement. He was executed in Mokotów Prison in Warsaw on August 29, 1949, and rests in an unknown grave.
{bottom} Engineer Adam Doboszyński Junior: Born in this house in 1904, he was a publicist, political activist, and ideologist of the National Movement. He was executed in Mokotów Prison in Warsaw on August 29, 1949, and rests in an unknown grave.
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{Latin translation} In constructing this building: Architect Herbert Baker
Structural engineer Oscar Faber
Contractors/Engineers Holloway Brothers
Management Albert Clarke
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Great Portland Street station
Listed as a building of national significance
Architects: Sir John Fowler (platforms), 1863 C. W. Clark (station building), 1930
The station opened as 'Portland Road' on the 10 January 1863, as part of the new Metropolitan Railway. This line, between Paddington and Farringdon stations, is the oldest underground passenger railway in the world. The station was renamed 'Great Portland Street' in March 1917 and then changed again to 'Great Portland Street & Regents Park' in 1923. The station reverted to its current name in 1933.
The original 1863 building was similar to others built by Sir John Fowler when the railway first opened. The station was famed for its two domed towers either side of the entrance which were an added architectural feature, a requirement due to it being located on the crown estate. They were removed nine years after opening due to the high cost of maintenance.
The current building is unusually situated on a traffic island. Its construction is a steel framed cream terracotta clad exterior, with the perimeter providing shops and originally a car showroom with office space over the station. Eight internal columns dominate the ticket hall with a brown and cream patterned tiled floor which has been replicated following the necessary installation of the ticket gates. When the station was rebuilt between 1929 and 1931 the platforms were also extended to accommodate 8 car trains with the majority of the original brick arches retained from the 1863 construction.
The station was Grade II listed on 19 January 1987.
The station opened as 'Portland Road' on the 10 January 1863, as part of the new Metropolitan Railway. This line, between Paddington and Farringdon stations, is the oldest underground passenger railway in the world. The station was renamed 'Great Portland Street' in March 1917 and then changed again to 'Great Portland Street & Regents Park' in 1923. The station reverted to its current name in 1933.
The original 1863 building was similar to others built by Sir John Fowler when the railway first opened. The station was famed for its two domed towers either side of the entrance which were an added architectural feature, a requirement due to it being located on the crown estate. They were removed nine years after opening due to the high cost of maintenance.
The current building is unusually situated on a traffic island. Its construction is a steel framed cream terracotta clad exterior, with the perimeter providing shops and originally a car showroom with office space over the station. Eight internal columns dominate the ticket hall with a brown and cream patterned tiled floor which has been replicated following the necessary installation of the ticket gates. When the station was rebuilt between 1929 and 1931 the platforms were also extended to accommodate 8 car trains with the majority of the original brick arches retained from the 1863 construction.
The station was Grade II listed on 19 January 1987.
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Sir Daniel Gooch BARI DL JP 1816-1889 Cable laying and locomotive engineer lived in Clewer Park from 1839. These houses have his armorial bearings. Supt. Great Western Railway at 21 and Chairman 1886. Engineer SS Great Eastern laying the first Atlantic cables 1865 & 1866. Buried in Clewer.
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This plaque, erected by London Underground Ltd, is dedicated to the memory of Ian Jones MIMechE 25th February 1948 - 4th May 2003
He was greatly admired colleague and friend.
He was greatly admired colleague and friend.
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Sir John Rennie 1794-1874 Civil Engineer President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers. Engineer of London Bridge
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London Bridge 1825 - 1967
These granite slabs are coping stones from the former London Bridge which was dismantled in 1967 and re-erected in Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA. Designed by John Rennie, the bridge was opened in 1831 and has since featured in many films and books including those of Charles Dickens. Substantial parts of the abutments and walls still remain and are preserved as part of the fabric of the new bridge, where two large granite stair chambers (including 'Nancy's steps') still exist as part of the original Rennie southern vault.
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These granite slabs are coping stones from the former London Bridge which was dismantled in 1967 and re-erected in Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA. Designed by John Rennie, the bridge was opened in 1831 and has since featured in many films and books including those of Charles Dickens. Substantial parts of the abutments and walls still remain and are preserved as part of the fabric of the new bridge, where two large granite stair chambers (including 'Nancy's steps') still exist as part of the original Rennie southern vault.
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This Bridge was opened by HRH the Prince of Wales, KG on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, on Saturday the 30th June 1894 in the presence of HRH The Princess of Wales, HRH The Duke of York KG and other members of the Royal Family, the Right Honorable Sir George Robert Tyler, Bart., Lord Mayor.
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Northern Outfall Sewer, part of London's main drainage system, constructed mid 19th century by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works.
