Thames Barrier

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flood defence structure infrastructure movable flood 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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Thames Barrier (downstream approaches)	1
Thames Barrier Information Centre	1

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	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
design	rising sector gates ⓘ
designedBy	Rendel, Palmer and Tritton ⓘ
designedToWithstand	1 in 1000 year tidal surge event ⓘ
engineer	Charles Stark Draper ⓘ surface form: Charles Draper
floodRiskAreaProtected	City of London ⓘ London Docklands ⓘ surface form: Docklands City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster central London ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude	51.495 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude	0.036 ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre	Thames Barrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Thames Barrier Information Centre
heightAboveFoundation	about 20 metres ⓘ
length	about 520 metres ⓘ
locatedDownstreamOf	central London ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInDistrict	London Borough of Newham ⓘ Royal Borough of Greenwich ⓘ
locatedOn	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
locatedUpstreamOf	Thames Estuary ⓘ
maintainedBy	Environment Agency (England) ⓘ surface form: Environment Agency
material	steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
near	Woolwich ⓘ
numberOfFallingRadialGates	6 ⓘ
numberOfMainGates	10 ⓘ
numberOfRisingSectorGates	4 ⓘ
officialOpeningDate	1984 ⓘ
openedBy	Elizabeth II ⓘ surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
openingDate	1982 ⓘ
operator	Environment Agency (England) ⓘ surface form: Environment Agency
partOf	Thames Estuary 2100 flood management plan ⓘ surface form: Thames tidal flood defence system
protects	London, England ⓘ surface form: London areas along the River Thames ⓘ
purpose	flood protection ⓘ protection from tidal surges ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Thames → hasFloodBarrier → Thames Barrier ⓘ

Thames Estuary → hasStructure → Thames Barrier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thames Barrier (downstream approaches)

Thames Barrier → hasVisitorCentre → Thames Barrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thames Barrier Information Centre