James Henry Greathead (6 August 1844 – 21 October 1896) was an English mechanical and civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railways...
21 KB (2,320 words) - 15:27, 30 March 2024
The statue of James Henry Greathead, designed by James Butler, is installed outside the Royal Exchange, where it conceals a ventilation shaft. It was erected...
6 KB (387 words) - 07:23, 9 December 2022
cricketer for the MCC (first name unknown) Henry Greathead (1757–1818), British boat builder James Henry Greathead (1844–1896), British engineer This page...
356 bytes (85 words) - 04:06, 20 December 2023
Tunnelling shield (redirect from Greathead shield)
afterwards. Brunel's original design was substantially improved upon by James Henry Greathead who was granted three patents for different shield designs. Additionally...
8 KB (1,101 words) - 01:18, 8 April 2024
Henry Francis Greathead (1757–1818) was a pioneering rescue lifeboat builder from South Shields. Although Lionel Lukin had patented a lifeboat in 1785...
12 KB (1,338 words) - 16:52, 14 April 2022
passenger lifts required to reach the DLR. In January 1994, a statue of James Henry Greathead was erected outside the station, next to the Royal Exchange. It...
37 KB (3,706 words) - 20:57, 28 July 2024
a cast iron circular shield independently invented and built by James Henry Greathead, similar to an idea that had been not received a patent in 1864...
21 KB (2,477 words) - 14:35, 7 June 2024
1900) 1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900) 1844 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896) 1848 – Susie Taylor, American...
59 KB (5,608 words) - 06:10, 8 August 2024
died in World War I and World War II. There is also a statue of James Henry Greathead, responsible for an improved tunnelling shield which enabled construction...
6 KB (504 words) - 00:40, 8 April 2024
on the City & South London Railway under Sir Benjamin Baker and James Henry Greathead. Early projects included the reconstruction and extension of the...
26 KB (2,450 words) - 16:18, 3 August 2024