泰晤士河防洪閘
泰晤士河防洪閘(英語:Thames Barrier)是位於英國倫敦市中心的水閘,自1982年開始投入使用。其目的是使倫敦免受北海的潮汐和風暴潮的影響。若有需要時,防洪閘可在漲潮時關閉,退潮時再打開。
它位於道格斯島的正西3公里(1.9英里)處,北岸是紐漢區銀鎮,南部是格林威治區新查爾頓。赫爾曼·邦迪針對1953年北海大洪水對泰晤士河口和倫敦的影響寫出的報告對水閘的建立起著至關重要的作用。[1][2]
参考文献
- ^ 1953 floods in Canning Town, Accessed 30 December 2010 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2008年11月20日,.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for Herman Bondi, accessed 30 December 2010. [2015-02-04]. (原始内容存档于2015-01-28).
- Stuart Gilbert and Ray Horner. The Thames Barrier Telford 1984 ISBN 0-7277-0249-1
- S Gilbert. The Thames Barrier. Thomas Telford Ltd. 30 June 1986. 216 pages. ISBN 0-7277-0249-1.
- Ken Wilson. The Story of the Thames Barrier. Lanthorn. 1984. 32 pages. ISBN 0-947987-05-3.
外部連結
- Thames Barrier page at the Environment Agency (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Animation (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) showing how the Barrier works
- Time-lapse video showing Thames Barrier operating in flood conditions. Daily Telegraph. 5 January 2014 [2015-01-04]. (原始内容存档于2014-10-12).
- Streetmap of Thames Barrier (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Thames Barrier Information and Learning Centre (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) – on south side of the Thames
- Thames Barrier Park (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) – park by the Barrier on north side of the Thames
- Londons flood defence system (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Map of associated flood barriers (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Risques VS Fictions n°8 (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), filmed interview (subtitled in French) with Steve East, technical support team leader of the real barrier about the depiction of the barrier and scientific accuracy of Flood.