for a £75,000 memorial to Braidwood, to be created by the Glasgow sculptor, Kenneth Mackay, led by Dr Frank Rushbrook CBE, 93-year-old former Firemaster at Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade. The statue stands around the corner from the site of the original main fire station in the High Street. The bronze plaque below it reads: Other honours A London fireboat was named in Braidwood's honour in the 1930s. Braidwood Street, a road off Tooley Street in the London Bridge Area, near where he died was also named after him. On the corner of Braidwood Street on a building that is part of the London Bridge Hospital is a memorial to James Braidwood. References Attribution Further reading External links 'Scotsman' newspaper obituary for Dr Frank Rushbrook (2014) 1800 births 1861 deaths British firefighters Fire protection People in building engineering Fire prevention History of firefighting Burials at Abney Park Cemetery People from Edinburgh People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Scottish people