The Closure of the Thames Barrier
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Time lapse footage of the Thames Barrier's annual closure, 6 Oct 2013.
The Thames Barrier is London's main defence against flooding in the event of a tidal surge. (Around 1m people, more than 10% of the population, live directly on the Thames flood plain). It was completed in 1982 since when it's closed over 120 times to prevent floods.
Although the barrier is closed monthly for maintenance, a full tidal check only happens twice a year in the spring and the autumn.
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Very nice time lapse and certainly a nice day for shooting this, as well. I've read about the Thames Barrier a number of times over the years but never saw it in action until now. Thanks for sharing this - Nice work!
Wow! I visited the barrier yesterday and I wanted to see how it looks closed. Thanks for the video. The weather was lovely on that day.
I am here at the thames barrier as i watch the video. Amazing piece of engineering
Great footage, looked like a nice day too. Thanks for sharing.
It would be so cool to see that thing in real life! I need to take a trip to London!
DECEPTICONS, TRANSFORM!!!
Great video, thanks for sharing
Time lapse video of the Thames Barrier closing this morning.
Some lessons-learned on time lapse shared here: londonstreetlighter.com/2013/10/06/time-lapse-thames-barrier/
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Do you own this footage? If I wanted to use the footage in a BBC science programme how much would you charge?
Great viedo
Well, now I know! Thx!
Annoying music. 🙄
Lol - SomEhow The Music Perfectly Fits This Video :)
if not then the thames barrier is a waste of time, the banks on the lower side of the barrier should be as high as the gates go up
Yes they have where there is property or where the land is parks/marshland that is allowed to flood without causing harm.
What a fucking racket!
Why
Great movie!! I've sent you a priv message :)
A Q have the banks on the lower side of the Barrier been Raised
Nice video. Awful music. Lolol.
Hi
Thank you for the video. Why dont they close at the same time?
How long does it take to close in real time?
it can be closed in as little as 8 minutes in an emergency but for routine closures, it takes around 2hrs - It's much kinder to the river to close the barrier slowly.
One hour
Am I dumb or does that look small I mean like what if a tsunami comes you never know really
Well, each of the main span gates are about 20m tall - obviously that doesn't translate into 20m of flood protection as quite a bit of that sits submerged at the bottom of the Thames, but it's pretty big - more than capable of dealing with tidal flooding - you saw in the video how about half of the barrier was above the water line when it was in its raised position.
Tsunami aren't really a consideration for the Thames Barrier - London doesn't sit in an "at risk" area as it's not in or near an earthquake zone. Important to note as well that there are very few, if any, coastal/tidal defence schemes in the world that would not get overwhelmed by a tsunami.