CVB has a limited window to access one location which presents another challenge. This is at Abbey Mills Pumping Station, an already operational Thames Water site in East London that forms part of the Tideway project. All shafts on the project will have covers that are typically built with a...
or small wing-shaped structures, that would allow the airship to be navigated without the use of ballast or the release of gas, constraints that limited the time an airship could spend in the air.
They display a minimal amount of information –“Site of”, “Near this spot” etc. followed by a name of a building or institution. Where an individual’s name is the subject of a plaque, there is usually a small amount of additional information, although limited by the standard dimensions...
A note in the record shows that the water pumped from below ground is part of a much larger underground water system as the record states “Pumping here affects Amwell springs, Amwell Hill Well and Chadwell spring”, so whilst water can be pumped from the boreholes, the total impact on ...
It isn't really a castle, though it looks like one. The Castle is an old, grade II listed Victorian water pumping station that was converted and opened as a climbing centre to the public in 1995. More on its historyhere. It’s 45 metres at its tallest point and, if you wish, you...
Attention to detail was not limited to the technically advanced theatres. Although the concrete construction of the building could appear to be a simple and cheap construction method, in reality great care was taken with the shuttering into which the concrete was poured. The wood used was sawn ...
The first section to be constructed is the 6.9km long, 7.2m internal diameter, Lee Tunnel between Beckton Sewage Treatment Works and Abbey Mills Pumping Station complex. The Lee Tunnel will intercept the storm flows currently discharging to the River Lee via the outfall at Abbey Mills. The ...
jewellers and photographers.Open studios eventsare held twice a year, generally once before Christmas and once in summer, when the normally private studio areas are open to the public. I highly recommend visiting during this time as access is otherwise limited, although theElectric Elephant Caféis...
You wonder if life is better because your contact with them is limited to the cream of the crop, those who see you as you are, a full human. If this is depression, it doesn’t feel like it, you tell yourself. It struck you recently that it doesn’t take much to make you happy,...
“Network Rail engineers had to carry out emergency pumping following the incident, but the flooding returned yesterday (28 January) and the rail operator again had to close the line between St Pancras and Farringdon in the evening.” “Thames Water said it spent the night working with Network...