Virtual Tour - London's Royal Docks Tickets, Thu 18 Feb 2021 at 14:00 | Eventbrite
The Royal Group of Docks in East London were one of the largest
engineering projects in London's history. This online talk tells their
story
Thursday 28 January 2021
Virtual Tour - London's Royal Docks Tickets, Thu 18 Feb 2021 at 14:00 | Eventbrite
Thames River path in Abingdon could be gated soon | Herald Series
Thames River path in Abingdon could be gated soon | Herald Series
... A PICTURESQUE path alongside the River Thames that has been used by residents and boaters for decades could soon be closed. ...
The secluded River Thames island that has hosted royalty and monkeys - Berkshire Live
The secluded River Thames island that has hosted royalty and monkeys - Berkshire Live
... There are many islands on the River Thames in Berkshire. ...
Final Tideway tunnelling machine breaks ground - WWT
Final Tideway tunnelling machine breaks ground - WWT
... The machine is the last on the project to get underway journeying from Bermondsey to Abbey Mills Pumping Station and will complete the 25km-long Thames Tideway Tunnel under construction to intercept sewage overflows before they pollute the River Thames.
Selina was delivered to site last July travelling by water from Germany via the Netherlands and up the River Thames to the site near Tower Bridge. ...
... Also in Tideway news, a 250m-long connection tunnel has been excavated
deep below ground from Tideway’s Falconbrook Pumping Station site,
linking the site to the main super sewer tunnel deep below the River
Thames. ...
Get Outside: The Thames | The Lawrentian
Get Outside: The Thames | The Lawrentian
... Out of all the things I miss about my time living in the south of England, I probably miss the Thames (pronounced “Tem-s”) the most. According to its tourism website, the River Thames stretches for 210 miles from the Cotswolds, through Oxford and London, and out to the North Sea. In Oxford, it is sometimes referred to as the Isis or Cherwell, though I stubbornly always called it the Thames. Before last term, I had only known the Thames as something literary thanks to Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” Upon arriving in Oxford and quarantining in a room overlooking this magnificent river, however, I quickly became very familiar with and fond of it. ...
Chloe Dewe Mathews on her five-year project capturing the River Thames
Chloe Dewe Mathews on her five-year project capturing the River Thames
... “I’m using the River Thames as a vehicle to explore contemporary ritual in England today,” says photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews about her photobook Thames Log. Published by Loose Joints, the series captures everyday life along the banks of the river and aims to explore peoples’ relationship to water as “a space to think, dream and connect”. ...
... “My interest came while I was shooting a project out in the Caspian region called Caspian: The Elements. I’d fly off to Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan or Iran, and I was making work about people’s relationship to natural resources, such as oil and gas and water,” explains Dewe Mathews. “Then I’d be flying back home to Britain, where I used to live just a few 100 metres from the River Thames. I thought, I’m making all this work abroad about our relationship to these natural resources, but actually I wonder what that relationship looks like closer to home, and how people in England are engaging with the river.” ...
Monday 11 January 2021
Partners Say Thames Freeport Can Have Major Economic and Environmental Benefits for the UK - Latest industry shipping news from the Handy Shipping Guide
... UK – Nobody could accuse the companies behind the bid for a new Freeport on the banks of the River Thames of being slow off the mark or lacking in enthusiasm with regard to the proposed scheme. With Brexit out of the way the hype is building around a development which its supporters say could transform the economy and employment prospects of the region. ...
EUROPE: Bunker One launches new River Thames operation, eyes further UK business growth - Bunkerspot - Independent Intelligence for the Global Bunker Industry
... Bunker One has announced the launch of a new operation on the River Thames – and says it expects to grow its UK business ‘in the coming period.’
Commenting on the launch, which it flagged up on a LinkedIn post, Bunker One said the River Thames is an area that encompasses various activities within the shipping industry ‘and therefore caters for local expertise and experience’.
The company says it has tailored the new River
Thames operation to meet its customers' specific needs and aims to be
the ‘most efficient refuelling station in the region’ in performing
deliveries. ...
Cotswold Water Park given greater protection by Natural England - GOV.UK
Cotswold Water Park given greater protection by Natural England - GOV.UK
... Cotswold Water Park (CWP) is a 40 square mile complex of 177 lakes formed by gravel workings along the upper River Thames on the borders of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. There are 2 principal blocks of lakes: a larger one in the west centred on Ashton Keynes and a smaller eastern one centred on Fairford, with stepping-stones formed by recent workings in between. ...
Heartbreaking photo shows famous Mersey Ferry Royal Iris almost completely sunk in Thames - Liverpool Echo
... But the boat, affectionately known to many as “the love boat” and “the fish and chip boat”, has been languishing on a mudbank in the River Thames for the past few years. ...
The forgotten London Underground line that once went to a stunning seaside town - MyLondon
The forgotten London Underground line that once went to a stunning seaside town - MyLondon
... Passengers were able to take one train all the way from Ealing Broadway to the mouth of the River Thames, to escape the noise and chaos of the capital. ...
Essex Port replaces trucks with barges to deliver crops | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Essex Port replaces trucks with barges to deliver crops | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
... The Port of Tilbury in Essex launched a coastal barge operation to deliver the crop to its customer ADM – a processing facility at Erith on the River Thames. ...
'Unique' artworks mark 100 years of Becontree Estate | Barking and Dagenham Post
'Unique' artworks mark 100 years of Becontree Estate | Barking and Dagenham Post
... Building materials were brought by barge along the River Thames where a 500-foot jetty was built. ...
London Bridge day: the story of Lake Havasu’s grandiose antique – St George News
London Bridge day: the story of Lake Havasu’s grandiose antique – St George News
... A series of bridges have spanned the River Thames in London. Probably the most famous one, of nursery rhyme fame, was the stone bridge built by architect and priest Peter of Colechurch between 1176 and 1209, which replaced various wooden bridges that had spanned the river since 50 A.D. ...
...“The 1,000-foot span had stood for over 130 years and survived strafing during World War II’s London Blitz, but it was unequipped for modern traffic and was slowly sinking into the River Thames,” Evan Andrews wrote in a 2016 History.com article. ...
This historic photo shows the London Bridge in its original spot, spanning the River Thames in London, date unspecified | Photo courtesy of Go Lake Havasu, St. George News
Reading magnet fisherman reveals extraordinary moment he pulled unexploded hand grenade from River Thames - Berkshire Live
A good walk: Kelmscott & Radcot, Thames Valley, Oxfordshire | Weekend | The Times
A good walk: Kelmscott & Radcot, Thames Valley, Oxfordshire | Weekend | The Times
Radcot Bridge on the River Thames
ALAMY
... We found the manor confined in a winter jacket of scaffolding. Sulphur-yellow quinces had dropped over the garden wall. They rolled along the lane that we followed down to the rain-charged River Thames. ...We found the manor confined in a winter jacket of scaffolding. Sulphur-yellow quinces had dropped over the garden wall. They rolled along the lane that we followed down to the rain-charged River Thames.
74 of Our Favorite Facts for 2020 - The New York Times
74 of Our Favorite Facts for 2020 - The New York Times
...
10. Twice a day, the low tide of the River Thames drops the water level in some areas by as much as 20 feet.
Mudlarks Scour the Thames to Uncover 2,000 Years of Secrets
...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)