Fascinating Facts:

Timeline 1920 - 1929

Waterloo Station (UK)

1920-1929

Waterloo Station (UK)

Key
IStructE IStructE
Structure Structure
 

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Year   Event
1920 IStructE Membership qualifying examinationsExternal Website are introduced.
1921 IStructE The Institute's first yearbook is published.
1921 IStructE Captain Maurice G Kiddy appointed SecretaryPDF File.
1922 IStructE JournalExternal Website adopts the title Journal of the Concrete Institute.
1922 IStructE The Institute's areas of interest are extended to cover structures of all kinds, defined as 'those constructions which are subject principally to the laws of statics as opposed to those which are subject to the laws of dynamics and kinetics, such as engines and machines'.
1922 IStructE The first Gold MedalExternal Website for personal contributions to the advancement of structural engineering is presented to Henry Adams.
1922 IStructE The Concrete Institute is renamed as the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).
1922 IStructE The first regional branch, Lancashire & CheshireExternal Website, is formed.
1922 Structure Queen Mary opens the new Waterloo StationExternal Website in London (UK) with 21 platforms and a concourse nearly 244m long.
1922 Structure County Hall in LondonExternal Website (UK) opens, but is not completed until 1933.
1923 IStructE JournalExternal Website adopts the title Journal of the Institution of Structural Engineers.
1923 IStructE IStructE moves to Abbey House, Victoria Street, London (UK).
1923 IStructE The Western CountiesExternal Website Branch is formed.
1923 Structure The Lingotto Fiat FactoryExternal Website (Italy) opens.
1924 IStructE The YorkshireExternal Website Branch is formed.
1924 IStructE The Midlands CountiesExternal Website Branch is formed.
1924 IStructE The JournalExternal Website adopts the title 'The Structural Engineer'.
1925 IStructE IStructE membership reaches 1,700.
1926 IStructE Florence Mary Taylor joins as the first female member (Associate MemberExternal Website)
of IStructE.
1926 IStructE The South Western Counties Branch is formed (later becoming the Devon and CornwallExternal Website branch).
1926 IStructE IStructE moves to 10 Upper Belgrave Street.

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