James Templer (1748–1813) of Stover House, Teigngrace, Devon, was a Devon landowner and the builder of the Stover Canal. He was the eldest son and heir...
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magnate and civil engineer James Templer (canal builder) (1748–1813), Devon landowner and builder of the Stover Canal James Templer (equestrian) (1936–2023)...
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Templer is an English surname, and may refer to: Bernhard Templer (1865–1935), Austrian Jewish theologian Cherie Templer (1856–1915), New Zealand painter...
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Templer (1781 – 12 December 1843) was a landowner in Devon, England, and the builder of the Haytor Granite Tramway. His father was the second James Templer...
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Sir Richard Weston (1591–1652) was an English canal builder and agricultural improver. He instigated the construction of the Wey Navigation—one of the...
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William Templer-Pole, 7th Baronet (1782–1847). George Templer however overspent his resources and was forced to sell Stover House, Stover Canal, the Haytor...
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Suez Crisis (redirect from Suez Canal Crisis)
name of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the builder of the canal, a code-word for Egyptian forces to seize control of the canal and implement its nationalisation...
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Nippur (section Temple of Enlil)
constructions of Ur-Nammu, the great builder of temples, are superimposed immediately upon those of Naram-Sin. Ur-Nammu gave the temple its final characteristic form...
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Temple at Madurai and Srivilliputhur Andal Temple at Srivilliputhur. The Cholas were prolific temple builders right from the times of the first medieval...
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become Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Thomas Andrews, builder of RMS Titanic, and Sir James Andrews, 1st Baronet, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern...
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Theobalds House (category James VI and I)
for planning his own new house he was going to look at Copthall and as a builder he "must borrow of knowledge somewhat out of Tibballs, somewhat out of...
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Hampi (redirect from Achyutaraya temple)
style. The Hampi builders also included Islamic style arches in fortified gateways at some places. Hampi's history, ruins and temples made it an early...
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the appearance of lapis-lazuli. Fuʼād Safar also found the remains of a canal running through Eridu in archaeological excavations of 1948 to 1949. William...
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aimed at regaining control of the Suez Canal, which Egypt had nationalized. The continued blockade of the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping...
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Throughout the James Bond series of films and novels, Q Branch has given Bond a variety of vehicles with which to battle his enemies. Among the most noteworthy...
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is bounded by the S.A Road to the east (MG Road-side) and the Giri Nagar canal in the west. Kadavanthra is a major commercial centre of Kochi, and a prime...
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river via a 100-meter–wide canal. In 2001 a statue became available to the Baghdad Museum which was inscribed "Temple Builder, of the goddess Nin-SU(?)-KID(...
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Park then remained in the Gostling family to 1892. In 1735, architect and builder Roger Morris designed and built a Palladian villa there; and it was later...
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foundry in the St James district of Northampton. By 1883 the sidings next to the canal were closed and the line extended across the canal to sidings on the...
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SS Great Eastern (section Suez Canal concerns)
his idea to John Scott Russell, an experienced naval architect and ship builder whom he had first met at the Great Exhibition. Scott Russell examined Brunel's...
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Egypt (section Suez Canal)
flows freely through the canal. On 26 August 2014 a proposal was made for opening a New Suez Canal. Work on the New Suez Canal was completed in July 2015...
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The Glebe (section Churches and Temples)
Rideau Canal on the east and south, and with Bronson Avenue as a western boundary. The Glebe was one of Ottawa's first suburbs. In 1871 James Whyte, one...
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Memphis, Egypt (redirect from Temple of Ptah (Memphis))
Memphis formed a true megalopolis, with temples connected by sacred temenos, and ports connected by roadways and canals. The perimeter of the city thus gradually...
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Arch bridge (section Aqueducts and canal viaducts)
surviving bridge featuring a pointed arch. In medieval Europe, bridge builders improved on the Roman structures by using narrower piers, thinner arch...
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Angkor Wat (redirect from Angkor Wat temple)
(25 mi) northeast. The route has been suggested to span 35 km (22 mi) along a canal towards Tonlé Sap lake, another 35 km (22 mi) crossing the lake, and finally...
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Roundhay Park (redirect from Canal Gardens)
World Part of the Jungle, Tropical World Canal Gardens – The three main parts to Canal Gardens are the Canal garden, a grassed area with mature trees...
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Beak: Small fillet moulding left on the edge of a larmier, which forms a canal, and makes a kind of pendant. See also: chin-beak Bed-mould or bed moulding:...
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served as the first architect and Markus Schinnagl was employed as master builder. Work began in 1664 with the construction of a cube-shaped palace building...
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1273–1244 BC) and Esarhaddon (681–669 BC) to have been the original builder of the temple dedicated to Ashur in Assur, and thus in effect the founder of the...
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