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Sir Robert Rawlinson was born #onthisday 1810. #Liverpool docks and waterworks, Crimea Sanitary Commission #sanitation Download his ICE obituary free at https://t.co/phLEFp0Tdv
Sir William Fairbairn was born #onthisday 1789. Fairbairn and Eaton Hodgkinson carried out experiments for the tube or box girder for Stephenson's Britannia Bridge, see extracts from Fairbairn letter to Stephenson 20 Sept 1845. See Scot Eng Hall of Fame https://t.co/vbGtlDjTBl
@IMechELibrary We'll join you with #TractorTuesday. Here's a military chain oil tractor at the military traction engine trials. This photograph is from one of the John Wolfe Barry photo album.
Captain Sir Samuel Brown RN FRSE, chain bridge pioneer, was born #onthisday 1776. Union Chain Bridge (200 years old this year and Brighton Chain pier. His company produced the chains for launching the SS Great Eastern. shown in the famous photo of Brunel. https://t.co/1U6PmjgsnD
The first underground railway in the world, the Metropolitan railway opened in London #onthisday 1863 between Paddington and the City.
Kennet and Avon canal completed by opening Caen Hill Locks, Devizes #onthisday 1810. Engineer John Rennie, these images come from Rennie's notebook owned by Smeatonian Society https://t.co/5sPAEvlC1F
Happy World Tunnelling day! Now what would be the best way of celebrating - A Guess the Tunnel quiz, of course! To which tunnel does this beautiful entrance belong? #TunnelDayUK #WorldTunnelDay
#ExploreYourArchive day 2 #HairyArchives. This is just too easy! Our hirsute past members James Mansergh, Sir William Anderson, William Henry Preece and George Parker Bidder
Conwy tunnel opened #onthisday 1991. It was the first
immersed tube road tunnel in UK. Find out more about this and the other Conwy crossings at https://t.co/rKoKQcpktn Painting by P A Ballard
Robert Stephenson wrote this letter #onthisday 1843 to Richard Creed re. working the inclined plane at Camden, London and Birmingham railway