The Thames Barrier: London's Moveable Flood Defense

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  • Alexander Hall York University, Toronto, Canada

Abstract

In 1975, construction began for the Thames Barrier, a moveable flood defense located on the River Thames, downstream of central London in the United Kingdom.

Author Biography

Alexander Hall, York University, Toronto, Canada

Alexander Hall is a historian interested in the intersection of science, policy, and the environment, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Institute for Science and Technology Studies at York University, Toronto. He recently obtained his PhD from the Centre for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Manchester.

Visit Alexander Hall's blog @ www.greengambit.blogspot.com

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Published

2014-10-21

Issue

2014

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2014 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Alexander Hall