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Why doesn't the water flow around the barrier when it is closed?

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The link @ Notes to the enviroment agency is dead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.103.196.5 (talk) 16:37, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inches? Yards??

Shouldn't the measurements quoted here be metric? Alright, we still use miles, and I like aa pint as much as anyone, but this is describing a work of engineering and in that field I don't think anyone in the UK uses inches, feet or yards. This will just have people reaching for the conversion tables...Girth Summit (talk) 14:03, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The shell roofs

This article could do with a section on the shell roofs. They are made with glued laminated timber ribs covered with cross-boarded softwood and clad with stainless steel. They were fabricated in Liverpool and shipped to the site on coastal barges. Dendrotek 20:38, 11 April 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dendrotek (talk • contribs)

Hi, I first heard about the Thames Barrier when it was mentioned during news coverage of the Queen's Jubilee; I thought you might want to add something about that here. 75.18.215.50 (talk) 22:35, 27 June 2012 (UTC)Laura[reply]

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Thames Barrier
The Thames Barrier, the world's second-largest movable flood barrier, as seen from Silvertown on the north bank of the River Thames during normal operation, looking across to New Charlton. The barrier is located downstream of central London and its purpose is to prevent London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the sea. It needs to be raised (closed) only during high tide; at ebb tide it can be lowered to release the water that backs up behind it.Photo: David Iliff
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Why doesn't the water flow around the barrier when it is closed?

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