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Myres was born in Preston, Lancashire, the third son of John James Myres (1811–1881) and Margaret Harrison (1812–1875). [1] His brothers included William Miles Myres (1838–1901), who became Vicar of St Swithun's Church at Swanbourne in Buckinghamshire [2] and was the father of John Linton Myres (1869–1954), [3] the archaeologist who was the first Wykeham Professor of Ancient History at ...
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations, Thames Embankment and pumping stations Charles Henry Driver FRIBA (23 March 1832 – 27 October 1900) was a significant British architect of the Victorian era , with a reputation for pioneering use of ornamental iron work for which he was seen as a leading authority.
Mocatta's station at Brighton (1841) Synagogue and tomb of Moses Montefiore in Ramsgate David Alfred Mocatta was born to a Sephardic Jewish family in 1806, the son of the licensed bullion broker Moses Mocatta (1768–1857) and Abigail Lindo (1775–1824).
The core construction was complete at the beginning of December 1840, the Brighton Gazette reporting 12 Dec 1840 [13] "On Thursday the last arch of the Ouse Viaduct on the London to Brighton Railway was keyed by Mr Maude, the resident engineer of the centre district of the railway, in the presence of the parties engaged on the work, together ...
American Institute of Architects Fellow Signature Johnson Mason Maury (May 1, 1847 – January 2, 1919) was an American architect and inventor who designed and built over 700 residential and commercial structures, mostly in Louisville, Kentucky where he pioneered Richardsonian Romanesque and Prairie School architecture in Kentucky. [ 2 ]
The London–Brighton railway reached the coast in 1841, and westward and eastward links were soon built from Brighton railway station. This was built in 1841 to David Mocatta 's Italianate design, then added to in 1882–83 when H.E. Wallis added the dramatically curved train shed and F.D. Banister made further alterations, creating a building ...
At 12.30pm on 25 May 1943, Focke-Wulf fighter-bomber aircraft dropped several bombs on Brighton, five of which landed on the railway. [8] One demolished two arches and one pier at the west end of the viaduct, two arches west of the Preston Road span, [ 2 ] [ 8 ] leaving the tracks spanning the gap in mid-air. [ 9 ]
William Arrasmith was born on July 15, 1898, to Thomas and Mary Strudwick at Hillsboro, North Carolina, in the United States.He studied at the University of North Carolina and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with a bachelor of science degree in architecture in 1921.