Thames crossings through time

• Verfasst von: Lunn, Geoff [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Thames crossings through time
• Verf.angabe: Geoff Lunn
• Verlagsort: Stroud
• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: 96 Seiten
• Format: 24 cm
• ISBN: 978-1-3981-0576-8
• ISBN: 1-3981-0576-7
• Schlagwörter: (g)London / (g)Themse / (s)Brücke / (s)Fähre / (z)Geschichte
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe
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• Sach-SW: Tunnels immergés - Angleterre - Tamise (Fleuve) - Histoire - Ouvrages illustrés
• Sach-SW: Bridges
• Sach-SW: Underwater tunnels
• Sach-SW: History
• Sach-SW: Pictorial works
• Geograph. SW: England - Thames River
• K10plus-PPN: 1914481879

Abstract

Amid peaceful countryside, past historic towns and through the heart of London, the River Thames flows in an easterly direction for some 346 kilometres from its source in Gloucestershire until entering the North Sea. Over many centuries civilisations have traversed the ancient river by way of fords and early ferries, stone-built bridges, by locks, tunnels and railway lines and, most recently, by motorway crossings. Building methods and designs have changed dramatically over time yet, even now, bridges dating from medieval times still span the river, virtually unaltered since when they were built. Within London, bridges and tunnels, old and new, convey the capital?s rail systems, road traffic and pedestrians across the Thames.0The Thames and its crossings are ever changing and Geoff Lunn, as he travels downriver from source to sea, navigates the reader through their history and right up to the present day