Sun, 12 Sept
|London
Annual History Night is back!
ERIC SORENSEN Ex Chief Executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) “Regenerating Docklands : What was it really like?” Local historian JEREMY BATCH ”What connects Limehouse Basin, Tower Bridge, the USS Enterprise and a National Trust property in Northumberland?”
Time & Location
12 Sept 2021, 19:10 – 21:45
London, St Anne's Church, Three Colt St, London E14 7HA, UK
Guests
About the Event
We are delighted that Eric Sorensen Ex Chief Executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) has agreed to speak .
Subject, Regenerating Docklands : What was it really like ?
Plus our own local historian Jeremy Batch, will present;
The First Limehouse Revolution: 1850 - 1970
What connects Limehouse Basin, Tower Bridge, the USS Enterprise and a National Trust property in Northumberland? All made use of hydraulic machinery conceived by hydraulic motor and the weight-loaded accumulator.
At Limehouse Basin we have one of his hydraulic accumulator towers (the best
surviving example in Britain) which once drove the cranes, capstans, lock
gates and bridges of the Regent's Canal Dock, now celebrating its 200th
anniversary. Within a mile's radius, there is still an extensive range of
other machinery to be seen .
Refreshments will be available before and during the interval.
Looking forward to seeing you there: LCF