London Places
Find out how science and technology have shaped London and many of the places we see as we travel about London.
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Monuments to sewage
Abbey Mills pumping stations and the Northern Outfall Sewer
Civil engineering
Health and disease
Structures
Measuring pollutants in London's air
An air-pollution monitor in Russell Square
Chemical analysis
Measurement
Pollution
London's prettiest bridge
Albert Bridge
Civil engineering
Where a medical revolution began
Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
Health and disease
History of science
Drugs and medicines
Where high-definition TV broadcasts began
Alexandra Palace
Communication technologies
Majestic trees in Havering
An avenue of Sequoia trees
Plant science
Newton and the planets
Art celebrating science
Forces and motion
Antique scientific instruments
Arthur Middleton Antiques
Measurement
The fight against forgery
Bank of England Museum
Fighting crime
A temple of power
Battersea power station
Civil engineering
Electrical engineering
Open wide
BDA Dental Museum
Health and disease
History of science
The highest artificial hill in London
The Beckton Alps
Fuels and energy
A centre for the Enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin House
Electricity
History of science
Lifting bridges in the shadow of Tower Bridge
The bridges at St Katharine’s Docks
Civil engineering
The fight against cholera
The Broad Street Pump
Health and disease
Water supply
A home for science and the arts
Burlington House
Biodiversity
Geology
Astronomy
