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Old and New London
… brought before Parliament by Sir F. W. TrenchMr. James Walker's PlanThe Victoria Embankment commencedThe Work … of Sir J. W. Bazalgette. It appears that in 1840 Mr. James Walker laid down a line of embankment for the Corporation, …
Survey of London
… a board school might result. They chose a design by Robert Walker, and in so doing fulfilled the worst fear of The … 'a commonplace Italian design will not be selected'. 93 Walker's design was modified somewhat, largely because the …
Survey of London
… Another plan for docks in Wapping was presented by Ralph Walker (17491824), who was to be a key figure in the planning … Isle of Dogs capable of expansion to form a timber dock. Walker's plan was sound enough to gain the approval of … He also considered an adjacent canal, as proposed by Walker, to be a good idea. 18 Rival Bills were introduced in …
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… Police Photographs No.17. MiD, WID portfolio, sheet 23; J. Walker, Plan for the Commercial Road, 1805. WIDC 312, p.122; …
Survey of London
… It had a 100hp compound condensing engine made by Tannett, Walker & Company, of Hunslet, Leeds, and three boilers in a … in 1894, when the 'false' quay was built, with Tannett, Walker & Company, of Hunslet, Leeds, supplying ten 30-cwt … dock proprietors as part of the dock estate. In 1800 Ralph Walker designed a horizontal swing-bridge, double-turning and …
Survey of London
… dock. 698 The outer boundary ditch was an idea of Ralph Walker's. It was made in 1802 by Holmes and Bough, to Walker's designs, around the north, east and west sides of …
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… built; proposals for iron fireproofing made by Walker and Dance in 1796, very early in terms of such … cast-iron double-leaf swingbridge of a pattern devised by Walker in 1800 was used elsewhere before Rennie established …
Survey of London
… the Gwilts were asked to report on quay sheds, and Ralph Walker submitted a model for a 'weighing shed'. 578 William …
Survey of London
… and 68 Warehouses, North Quay, Import Dock. In 1799 Ralph Walker projected ten large warehouses on each of the four … twelve-bay fronts breaking forward twice for loopholes. Walker anticipated brick structures with Portland stone … He estimated that each warehouse would cost 17,000. Walker had no architectural experience and may have taken his …
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… it was by far the biggest dock ever built. 197 Ralph Walker's plans for the West India Docks prepared in late 1799 … 478ft to accommodate up to 300 ships at a time (fig. 90b). Walker estimated the cost of the dock and two entrance basins … plans for the dock were settled by William Jessop with Walker in early 1800. Excavation contracts, for the Import …