General Information
Completion: | 1982 |
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Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Rising sector gate barrage |
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Function / usage: |
Flood barrier |
Awards and Distinctions
1982 |
for registered users |
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Location
Location: |
Woolwich, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom |
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Impounds: |
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Coordinates: | 51° 29' 41.34" N 0° 2' 14.12" E |
Coordinates: | 51° 29' 58.82" N 0° 2' 12.01" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
total length | 520 m |
Cost
cost of construction | Pound sterling 535 000 000 |
Chronology
1984 | Inauguration by Queen Elizabeth II. |
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Participants
Owner
Design
Contractor
- Balfour Kilpatrick Ltd.
- British Steel Corporation
- John Mowlem & Company
- Sindall Construction Ltd. (embankment)
- Voest Alpine MCE
- Westminster Dredging
Civil works
Steel construction
Bearings
Electricity
Construction supervision
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Barrera antimareas en el Támesis, Gran Bretaña. In: Informes de la Construcción, v. 33, n. 330 (May 1981), pp. 23-26.
- Design and Construction of the Thames Barrier Cofferdams. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 74, n. 2 (May 1983), pp. 191-224. (1983):
- Design and model testing of the Thames Barrier gates. In: The Structural Engineer, v. 62, n. 4 (April 1984), pp. 115-124. (1984):
- The Thames Barrier. Dugald Clerk Lecture. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 78, n. 1 (February 1985), pp. 15-25. (1985):
- An Unusual Soil-structure Interaction Problem Associated with the Thames Barrier Project. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 68, n. 4 (November 1980), pp. 747-758. (1980):
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