James Henry Greathead stone plaque

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# James Henry Greathead and Cornhill Standing on Cornhill in the heart of the City, you're positioned at the very nerve centre where James Henry Greathead orchestrated one of Victorian London's greatest engineering triumphs. It was from offices near this location that Greathead, as Chief Engineer o...

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J. H. Greathead Chief Engineer City and South London Railway. Inventor of the Travelling Shield that made possible the cutting of the tunnels of London's deep level tube system