- The
Embanking of the
tidal Thames is the
historical process by
which the
lower River Thames, at one time a broad,
shallow waterway winding through malarious...
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partially enough to
provide a good idea of its structure.
Above it is an
embanking wall of
irregular masonry, and
below it some
remains of
Roman baths, including...
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local shippers in the
successful public works project of
dredging and
embanking the Malmö harbour. It is for this work that he is
remembered in Malmö...
- the
abbey began the
development of the area,
cultivating the land and
embanking the riverside. They
turned an
adjacent tidal inlet at the
mouth of the...
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opposite is London's only
river fire station, home to two fireboats.
Embanking of the
tidal Thames List of
eponymous roads in
London Bazalgette, Edward...
- tend to
overflow their banks. Much has been done to
prevent this by
embanking them,
regaining arable land: the
Rhine (between Bad
Ragaz and Lake Constance)...
- a dam lake was
created by
closing the
front of a
small stream with two
embanks.
During the Urartians,
water channels were
built in the
mountain and the...
- "erecting and
establishing Publick Offices in
Somerset House, and for
embanking Parts of the
River Thames lying within the
bounds of the
Manor of Savoy"...
-
Chelsea Embankment.
There had been a long
history of
failed proposals to
embank the
Thames in
central London.
Embankments along the
Thames were
first proposed...
- Isle of Ely
Drainage Act 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 21 15
April 1756 An Act for
embanking and
preserving certain Fen
Lands and Low Grounds,
called The Washes, lying...
