Memorial at Abney Park Cemetery, London commemorating John Swan d. 1869
Location
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London, England
Transcript
'In loving Remembrance / of / JOHN SWAN, ENGINEER, / OF 82 MANSFIELD ST, KINGSLAND RD / (FORMERLY OF DEPTFORD) / BORN AUGUST 22ND 1787, / AT COLDINGHAM, BERWICKSHIRE, / DIED FEBRY 1ST 1869, AGED 81 / NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE / BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE / FEW MEN HAVE BEEN / GREATER BENEFACTORS TO THEIR COUNTRY / THAN THE LATE JOHN SWAN / HE WAS THE ORIGINAL INVENTOR / OF THE 'SCREW PROPELLER' / IN THE YEAR 24, AS NOW USED IN / H.M.S., AND PUBLISHED / BY THE LATE DR. BIRKBECK, IN THE / 'MECHANIC'S REGISTER' OF THE SAME DATE / THE DECEASED / WAS ALSO THE INVENTOR OF THE / 'SELF ACTING CHAIN MESSENGER' / INTRODUCED INTO THE NAVY IN 1831, / A SAVING TO THE NATION OF ABOUT / 70,000 A YEAR, / ADMIRAL DUNDAS FRANKLY CONFESSED / THAT IT WAS A VERY GREAT SAVING / BOTH IN MONEY AND MEN'S LIVES, / AND THAT THE INVENTOR DESERVED / EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY / BY SOME MEANS OR OTHER THE / "INGENIOUS AND MODEST INVENTOR" / AS HE WAS STYLED BY DR. BIRKBECK, / NEVER RECEIVED THE SLIGHTEST REMUNERATION / SOME MEN LABOUR AND OTHERS ENTER / INTO THEIR LABOURS'
Details
Type: Gravestone
Position: TQ 3386 735/12/10055
Materials: White marble
Artists: Millward [mason]
People
Age: 81
Date of Death: 1/2/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation:
Extra
Recorder: Alan Tucker 1981