- Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…e genius == Parker was a very inventive pioneer in the electrical field. He was responsible for electrifying the London Underground and Blackpool electric Tram. {{Image url="ThomasParkerElectricCar.jpg" class="left" title="Thomas Parker in his Electri…
- Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
… was suffering from horse-drawn traffic congestion and pollution that was holding back business. The idea of an underground system was thought up by the London City solicitor, **Charles Pearson**. {{Image url="CharlesPearson.jpg" class="right…
…son " width="300" }}He persuaded the City Corporation to put up money and was probably the most important figure in the underground’s creation. Unfortunately he never got to see his dream as he died of dropsy on 14 September 1862, only a few months …
…brainchild came to life. == Huge project == Using Victorian ingenuity and technical engineering expertise an elaborate underground system of rail links were built. The chief engineer was **John Fowler**, the leading railway engineer of the day. He d…
…oon it would be the envy of other capital cities around the world who all wanted their own **Metro**. In 1890 the first underground electric railway opened, the City and South London, which ran from near the Bank of England under the Thames to the Sou… - Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
… mainly monastic production and when King Henry VIII of England dissolved the monasteries in 1541 production was forced underground and overnight. It was this period when whisky received its famous nickname **"moonshine"**. == Then there's Whiskey …
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