Download or read book River Thames Dockland Heritage London Bridge to Greenwich written by Malcolm Batten and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated celebration of the dockland heritage of the Thames from London Bridge to Greenwich.
Download or read book River Thames Dockland Heritage Greenwich to Tilbury and Gravesend written by Malcolm Batten and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated celebration of the dockland heritage of the Thames from Greenwich to Tilbury and Gravesend.
Download or read book Thames Path in London written by Phoebe Clapham and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely new Trail Guide dedicated to the London section of the Thames Path from Hampton Court to the Thames Barrier. Until now, Aurum’s popular one-volume Thames Path guide has had all too little room to cover the endlessly rich array of sights and history along its London section – something to look at literally every yard of the way. Now, Aurum publishes a completely new walker’s guide just to the London Thames, laid out to its new full-colour Trail Guide design, and including the extension to Crayford . Here is all the history along the river from the Mesolithic Period timber piles near Vauxhall Bridge to the new Shard skyscraper shooting skywards at London Bridge. It covers all the folklore from the famous frost fairs to the much-lamented beach near Tower Bridge, not forgetting the poignant recent visit of a large whale to the centre of London. The Thames winds all the way through London’s history and culture, from Henry VIII’s Hampton Court to the chequered fate of the Dome/O2: the London resident as much as the visiting tourist will find in this guide something new every step of the way.
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 London s River written by Michael Leapman and published by Pavilion Books, Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 History of the Tower Bridge and of Other Bridges Over the Thames Built by the Corporation of London written by Charles Welch and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Thames written by Mick Sinclair and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may not be the longest, deepest or widest river in the world but few bodies of water reveal as much about a nation's past and present, or as suggestive of its future, as England's River Thames. Tales of legendary lock-keepers and long-vanished weirs evoke the distant past of a river which evolved into a prime commercial artery linking the heart of England with the ports of Europe. In Victorian times, the Thames hosted regattas galore, its new bridges and tunnels were celebrated as marvels of their time, and London’s river was transformed from sewer to centrepiece of the British Empire. Talk of the Thames Gateway and the effectiveness of the Thames Barrier keeps the river in the news today, while the lengthening Thames Path makes the waterway more accessible than ever before. Through quiet meadows, rolling hills, leafy suburbia, industrial sites and a changing London riverside, Mick Sinclair tracks the Thames from source to sea, documenting internationally-known landmarks such as Tower Bridge and Windsor Castle and revealing lesser known features such as Godstow Abbey, Canvey Island, the Sandford Lasher, and George Orwell’s tranquil grave.
Download or read book Britain s Maritime Heritage written by Robert Simper and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cross River Traffic written by Chris Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty and informative look at the history of London's bridges
Download or read book Liquid History written by Stephen Croad and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The London Stone at Staines marks the ancient western boundary of the jurisdiction of the City of London. The Lord Mayor and Corporation’s conservancy of the Thames extended east from there as far as Yantlet in Kent. This is the stretch of the river documented in 'Liquid History'. Drawing on the resources of English Heritage’s unrivalled photographic archives, the book records a journey along the length of the tidal river and over almost 150 years. We see the rural Thames as it approaches London, riverside towns, the civic and commercial development of the riverbanks, the working docks and warehouses, the development of the web of bridges that now links north and south, barges, sailing ships and warships, the great flood defences and a tiny beach that flourished briefly at the Tower of London. Featuring the work of pioneers of photography and some of the great topographical photographers of the 20th century, and with a fascinating commentary by Stephen Croad, 'Liquid History' chronicles the ebb and flow of the life of the river.
Download or read book The Royal River written by Walter Herbert Owens and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book See It My Way London written by Andre Sharp and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See It My Way spotlights both the must-see and the often-overlooked sights of a given destination, and it does so by quadrant so you don't crisscross a city when you want to see it all. In this guide, when you are in one neighborhood, we tell you just a bit about everything else there is to see in that same neighborhood. We don't bore you with overwhelming detail, but give you just enough to whet your appetite. This budget-friendly guide also reveals some of the lesser-know secrets that only the locals know about. The author has vetted each of the featured sights. So, pack your bag and get ready to enjoy the art, and culture, and expect encounter the unexpected as you discover "the undiscovered country."
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 Dockland Life written by Chris Ellmers and published by Mainstream Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a workforce of over 100,000 men, women and children, and reaching out to all four corners of the earth, London's Docklands, formerly the Port of London, at one time formed the largest and most comprehensive system of docks the word has ever known. The Museum of Dockland, an independent branch of the Museum of Lodnon, is devoted to keeing its memory alive and has now produced this lavishly illustrated volume. DOCKLAND LIFE examines every aspect of the port: the working river and its various docks; where the ship repairs took place; the warehousing and construction; the quaysides and the dock trades. The text is comprehensive and definitive, but above all it is the stunning sequence of images, drawn from a library of over 25,000 photographs, which conveys the human drama of life and work in the port of the Empire. This new edition examines the redevelopment of the Docklands which includes the construction of the Millenium Dome.
Download or read book Tower Bridge written by Charles River and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of its design, construction, and history *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "London Bridge is falling down,Falling down, falling downLondon Bridge is falling down,My fair lady." For most people, this playful child's rhyme conjures up visions of the tall, majestic, two-towered bridge spanning the River Thames near the Tower of London, with its high footpath providing one of the best views available of the city. The only problem is, this vision is wrong, for the London Bridge of modern times is neither tall nor majestic. Indeed, it is not at all memorable for any reason except for its ability to get the city's commuters back and forth to work each day. In fact, the tall bridge that symbolizes not just the city but the nation is Tower Bridge, and while it is among the oldest major bridges in London, it is hardly the first to have been built on the Thames, or even on that spot. In actuality, the first men to build a bridge on that spot probably spoke Latin as their first language. As time passed, technology changed, and with it, the nature of bridge building. Wood gave way to stone, which in turn gave way to iron and steel. At the same, London grew on both land and water, with more people living in and near the city, and more people plying the river in bigger and bigger ships. The people on land needed to get across the river, and the people on the river needed to be able to move along without too much interference. It was obvious that the city needed a new bridge, but years passed before the right design for one came along. When it finally did, there were still other, non-practical concerns, specifically that the bridge fit in with its surrounding historical environment. In particular, this meant that Londoners wanted to ensure that the bridge's look fit in with the nearby Tower of London. Thus was born a bridge conceived within the marriage of need and desire, strength and beauty. Tower Bridge is unlikely to fall down, or even be torn down, anytime soon, but it is still worthy of singing about. Tower Bridge: The History and Legacy of London's Most Iconic Bridge examines the long and storied history of one of England's most famous landmarks. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Tower Bridge like never before.
Download or read book The Coach Operators Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
