Perhaps due to a particularly British resistance to the visual trappings of modernity, or a reticence about objects which aren’t immediately useful, certain attempts at joyously futile structures – ...

In response to Fowler amassing a colossal personal wealth from his endeavours – for his work on the Metropolitan Railway alone he was paid £152,000 (£17.1 million today) – the industrialist Sir Edward ...

Sir Edward Watkin, a railway promoter & financier from Manchester was chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Co. He formed the Submarine Continental Railway Co., capitalized it at 250,000 pounds ...

Amazing fella, Watkin,' says Ray, who works in Number 1. 'He saw all the possibilities of Cleethorpes and he just did it.' What Sir Edward Watkin did was bring the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincoln ...

The plaque honours railway entrepreneur Sir Edward Watkin and his father Absalom Watkin, two figures who, though now relatively unknown, were hugely significant in their day. The Lord Mayor of ...

Absalom Watkin (1787-1861) Campaigner for the repeal of the Corn Laws. Sir Edward Watkin MP (1819-1901) Creator of the first Manchester Parks for the People and the Great Central Railway.

The Lord Mayor of Manchester will recognise two forgotten local visionaries today. A blue plaque will be unveiled on Thursday, March 7, at 3pm to honour two of Manchester's most influential men ...

In 1864, plans for Marylebone station were drawn up by Sir Edward Watkin, chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. He believed the line could be more profitable if it had a ...

The megastructure was the idea of the Metropolitan Railway's Sir Edward Watkin. The plan was to build an observation tower to rival the similar structure in Paris. Had it been completed ...

Wembley. Slushy fields and grass farms. Then out of the mist arose Sir Edward Watkin’s dream: an Eiffel Tower for London”. The obvious designer, Gustave Eiffel, refused the commission, remarking that ...