On this site between 1810 and 1900 stood the works of Maudslay, Sons and Field famous for marine and general engineering and the training place of many engineers of renown. The Junior Institution of Engineers (Incorporated), founded in the Maudslay Works erected this tablet in its jubilee year, 1934.

The plaque is inside the ticket hall of Lambeth North Underground Station which was built on the site of the Maudslay Works, opening on 10th March 1906.