Thames Barrier

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The Thames Barrier is a large movable flood defense structure on the River Thames in London, designed to protect the city from tidal surges and flooding.

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Generate an image of the Thames Barrier (The Thames Barrier is a large movable flood defense structure on the River Thames in London, designed to protect the city from tidal surges and flooding.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flood defence structure ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ
movable flood barrier ⓘ
category buildings and structures in the London Borough of Newham ⓘ
buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Greenwich ⓘ
flood barriers in the United Kingdom ⓘ
constructionCost about £534 million (1982 prices) ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1974 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames
design rising sector gates ⓘ
designedBy Rendel, Palmer and Tritton ⓘ
designedToWithstand 1 in 1000 year tidal surge event ⓘ
engineer Charles Draper ⓘ
floodRiskAreaProtected City of London ⓘ
Docklands ⓘ
linked to: London Docklands

Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster

central London ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 51.495 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 0.036 ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre Thames Barrier Information Centre ⓘ
linked to: Thames Barrier
heightAboveFoundation about 20 metres ⓘ
length about 520 metres ⓘ
locatedDownstreamOf central London ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInDistrict London Borough of Newham ⓘ
Royal Borough of Greenwich ⓘ
locatedOn River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames
locatedUpstreamOf Thames Estuary ⓘ
maintainedBy Environment Agency ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
namedAfter River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames
near Woolwich ⓘ
numberOfFallingRadialGates 6 ⓘ
numberOfMainGates 10 ⓘ
numberOfRisingSectorGates 4 ⓘ
officialOpeningDate 1984 ⓘ
openedBy Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth II
openingDate 1982 ⓘ
operator Environment Agency ⓘ
partOf Thames tidal flood defence system ⓘ
protects London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

areas along the River Thames ⓘ
purpose flood protection ⓘ
protection from tidal surges ⓘ
status operational ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thames → hasFloodBarrier → Thames Barrier ⓘ
Thames Estuary → hasStructure → Thames Barrier (downstream approaches) ⓘ
linked to: Thames Barrier
Thames Barrier → hasVisitorCentre → Thames Barrier Information Centre ⓘ
linked to: Thames Barrier
Thames Estuary 2100 flood management plan → appliesTo → Thames Barrier system ⓘ
linked to: Thames Barrier
Thames Path → terminus → Thames Barrier ⓘ
Hull Tidal Surge Barrier → isSimilarTo → Thames Barrier ⓘ
Silvertown → near → Thames Barrier ⓘ
Greater London waterways → hasPart → Thames Barrier navigation channel ⓘ
linked to: Thames Barrier
Slade Green → hasFloodDefences → Thames flood defences ⓘ
linked to: Thames Barrier