Download or read book Crossing the River written by Brian Cookson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most beautiful views of London are those from the many bridges which span the River Thames. Millions of people cross over the Thames every day but most are too concerned with reaching their destination to notice the structures they use, let alone consider their history or the risks taken in building them. Triumphs of architecture and engineering, London's bridges have inspired artists as diverse as Dickens and Monet. From the elegant Richmond Bridge to the Gothic, quintessentially British Tower Bridge, they have formed the backdrop to battles, rebellions, pageantry and mysteries for two millennia. Crossing the River tells these stories, including the assassination of a dissident with a poisoned umbrella on Waterloo Bridge; the apparent suicide of 'God's banker', an Italian financier with links to the Vatican, the Masons and the Mafia; and the Marchioness tragedy and its controversial aftermath. Featuring illustrations and photographs old and new, this book will undoubtedly increase the reader's knowledge and appreciation of the bridges and the people who built them, and thereby enhance the pleasure of seeing them, whether at leisure or stuck in a traffic jam.
Download or read book Crossings of the River Thames written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 130. Chapters: Bridges across the River Thames, Ferries across the River Thames, Tunnels underneath the River Thames, Tower Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Dartford Crossing, Docklands Light Railway, London Bridge, Bakerloo line, Waterloo & City line, Jubilee line, Victoria line, Northern line, Chelsea Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Battersea Bridge, Albert Bridge, London, Richmond Bridge, London, Thames Tunnel, Wandsworth Bridge, List of crossings of the River Thames, Datchet Bridge, Blackwall Tunnel, Tower Subway, Shillingford Bridge, Maidenhead Bridge, Thames Gateway Bridge, Chiswick Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, Hammerton's Ferry, Hammersmith Bridge, Cookham Bridge, Woolwich Free Ferry, Kew Bridge, Rotherhithe Tunnel, Westminster Bridge, Newbridge, Oxfordshire, Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Clifton Hampden Bridge, Old Walton Bridge, Lower Thames Crossing, Kingston Bridge, London, Lambeth Bridge, Thames Gateway Cable Car, Henley Bridge, Folly Bridge, Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Greenwich foot tunnel, Richmond Lock and Footbridge, Putney Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Hampton Court Bridge, Caversham Lock, Gravesend-Tilbury Ferry, Woolwich foot tunnel, Blackfriars Railway Bridge, Abingdon Bridge, Culham Bridge, Swinford Toll Bridge, Sonning Bridge, Staines Bridge, Chertsey Bridge, Radcot Bridge, Twickenham Bridge, Donnington Bridge, Windsor Bridge, Waterloo and Whitehall Railway, Battersea Railway Bridge, Whitchurch Bridge, Reading Festival Bridge, Shiplake Railway Bridge, Winterbrook Bridge, Barnes Railway Bridge, Shepperton to Weybridge Ferry, Albert Bridge, Datchet, Richmond Railway Bridge, Windsor Railway Bridge, Osney Bridge, Moulsford Railway Bridge, Marlow Bridge, Grosvenor Bridge, Teddington Lock Footbridges, Caversham Bridge, Wallingford Bridge, Kingston Railway Bridge, Black Potts Railway Bridge, Sonning Backwater Bridges, Goring and...
Download or read book Crossing London s River written by John Pudney and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thames Crossings Through Time written by Geoff Lunn and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating rare and previously unpublished images documenting the various crossings that span the River Thames.
Download or read book Bridges Over the River Thames written by Peter Park and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains most of the bridges over the river Thames, starting at the source right through to the Dartford Crossing.
Download or read book London s Thames written by Gavin Weightman and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without the Thames, there would be no London or England. From earliest times, the city's needs--whether for stone, gold, or coal, for hay to feed livestock or food, wine and spices for human beings--were supplied from the river, as the fierce tides brought ships upstream or carried them down again. Only with the age of trunk road and rail did London's global importance as a port diminish. Even after that the tides continued to drive the great power stations. Gavin Weightman's fascinating book London's Thames, a compendium of often surprising information, is the best possible introduction to the water and its ways, the buildings that line the banks, and the people who lived by the river, their customs and ancient knowledge. Everything is to be found here: trade and tide, lightermen, watermen and dockers, bridges, funnels and ferries, frost fairs and regattas, clear water, fish and wildlife, pollution and waste, fortification and defense. Above all, one feels the presence of the great waterway itself, a force of nature in our urban midst.
Download or read book Thames Gateway River Crossings written by Thames Gateway River Crossings Campaign and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Settlements of the River Thames written by Rob Bowden and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2005-02-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of the River Thames, from a major transportation route into an industrial waterway, and today is a river influenced by leisure and tourism. Looks at cities such as London, Oxford, Windsor, Maidenhead, Lechlade and Tilbury.
Download or read book Tower Bridge written by Ken Powell and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tower Bridge, close to the Tower of London, is one of the best-known and most recognizable bridges in the world. Opened on 30 June 1894, this combined suspension and bascule bridge was designed by architect Sir Horace Jones and engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry.This new book, published to mark the 125th anniversary of its opening, will explore the history of the bridge, set it into the context of the River Thames and its crossings, and will, above all, focus on its design and construction. Highly illustrated with old and new images, from material held in the London Metropolitan Archives to specially commissioned photographs, Tower Bridge: History * Engineering * Design is a major new illustrated study of a remarkable piece of architecture and engineering.
Download or read book Crossing London s River written by John Pudney and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thames Crossings written by Mark Chesterton and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you live or work near the Thames? Do you own a boat or holiday on its waters? Do you walk its towpaths or frequent its pubs, cafes or restaurants? If so, then this is a book for you. If you, or anyone you know, like days out and discovering new places or have an interest in the history of charming towns and villages in a most beautiful part of England, or are fascinated by life in the past or are intrigued by the different types of bridges, walkways, tunnels, ferries that have existed along the river, then, again, this book is for you. Travelling along the complete length of the river from its source in a field in Gloucestershire to its estuary where it meets the tides of the North Sea, I have photographed every public crossing. With each one I have provided information about what exists today and some history about previous crossings on the site. The book gives you a flavour of life on the river over past centuries and takes you back to a time when barges were towed up and down carrying goods, when tolls were charged to pass over and under and across, when traction engines were too heavy for ancient bridges, when gradients were too steep for wagons and carriages and carts and when timber bridges were more of a hindrance than a help in crossing the waters of the Thames. Uniquely, photographs and writing combine in a potpourri of design and information and impressions of the 152 crossings that feature in this book.
Download or read book Ferries of the Upper Thames written by Joan Tucker and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan Tucker presents a profusely illustrated history of the Thames ferries.
Download or read book Cross River Traffic written by Chris Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Romans founded Londinium, the only way to cross from the north to the south bank of the Thames involved taking a boat or getting your feet wet. Later they built a bridge to reach their new city near a spot that for centuries was the site of the only London bridge. Now central London has 17 points where the Thames can be strolled over, ranging from the fantastic Tower Bridge to the grimly functional Wandsworth. This book tells the history of the current crossings & their predecessors, how & why they were built & incidents that have occurred on them, from ghost stories to terrorist plots, sexual antics to suicides. It explores why the crossings are situated where they are & their effects on the communities they link. Stunning photos!
Download or read book Thames Gateway River Crossing written by WS Atkins Transportation Engineering and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thames Gateway River Crossing written by East London Partnership and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crossing Places of the Upper Thames written by Amy Woolacott and published by History PressLtd. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thames has a long history. This illustrated guide traces the history of its crossing places, and relates their origins to local use and that of long-distance traders.
