Details of Alfred Yarrow’s early life (born in London on 13th January 1842), education and apprenticeship with the marine engineering firm of Ravenhill; the foundation of the Civil and Mechanical Engineers’ Society. Continue reading “Sir Alfred Yarrow, The Shipbuilder”
Category: Transport
Taking the trains to Liverpool Street
The boom of proposals for new railway schemes in the 1860s and the City of London’s reactions to these proposals including the work of the City’s Railway Committee; the proposal to build a terminus at Liverpool Street for the Great Eastern Railway and the building of suburban lines. Continue reading “Taking the trains to Liverpool Street”