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- Place Types Tourist attraction
- Address 14 Cornhill, Langbourn, London EC3V 3NR, UK
- Coordinate 51.513055,-0.0876769
- Website Unknown
- Rating 4.4
- Compound Code GW76+6W London, UK
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- Monday Open 24 hours
- Tuesday Open 24 hours
- Wednesday Open 24 hours
- Thursday Open 24 hours
- Friday Open 24 hours
- Saturday Open 24 hours
- Sunday Open 24 hours
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James Henry Greathead was a civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground Railways, Winchester Cathedral, Liverpool Overhead Railway, and Tower Subway, only the second tunnel to be driven under the river Thames in central London as well as being one of the earliest proponents of the English Channel and Irish Sea Tunnels.
His invention is also the reason that the London Underground is colloquially named "The Tube".
Statue of a famous civil engineer
This statue stands in tribute to James Henry Greathead, the civil engineer. His legacy was his contribution to the building of the London Underground through his inventions that enabled better tunnelling techniques. The inventions included "Greathead Shield" for moveable frames as tunnelling progressed, "Greathead Injector Hydrant" to inject grouting behind cast iron tunnelling shield cavities and "Greathead Grouting Machine", grouting by means of compressed air.
The statues stands in Cornhill in the City of London. James Henry Greathead holds an overcoat on his right arm while holding a set of engineering plans in both hands which he is reading. The statue stands on a plinth and upon which is a relief sculpture showing a tunnelling shield.
A worthy tribute to a fine engineer.
We owe our underground to him!
Statue of engineer
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