Roe I Triplane Alliott Verdon Roe

Blue PlaqueLocation

Location

Walthamstow Marshes Railway Viaduct ('down' side)

Inscription

A. V. Roe 1877-1958 Under these arches Alliott Verdon Roe assembled his AVRO No. 1 triplane. In July 1909 he made the first all-British powered flight from Walthamstow Marsh.