Whatever happened to Brunel's bridge?
The famous (since 2004) bridge was dismantled and taken to Portsmouth where it currently resides at Fort Cumberland in Eastney.…
A London autistic disability blog
The famous (since 2004) bridge was dismantled and taken to Portsmouth where it currently resides at Fort Cumberland in Eastney.…
The Coventry Canal opened on this day in 1769, that’s 250 years ago. Its architect, James Brindley, worked on the…
The Coventry Canal was one of the country’s earliest waterways to be opened following the success of the Bridgewater Canal.…
Does anyone ever wonder where all the docks around Canary Wharf get their water? The liquid stuff doesn’t grow on…
Over three weekends in August 2019 some of the ‘Go Boats’ on London’s canal system became Good Hemp Boats –…
Some years ago the then sibling charity Canal and River Trust had thought to themselves ‘the duckweed war is being…
The dam at Toddbrook. Source: Twitter By now most of the world will have read of the calamity at Toddbrook…
The Woolwich Ferry did run a quite limited service at the start of this week. I discussed it very briefly…
The debate between the builders of the New River and the later, more famous waterways engineer, James Brindley, continues to…
Double bonus! This is a update on Crossrail Woolwich – plus the Woolwich ferry! As some readers will know, the…
In the previous installment covering news on the Woolwich ferry upgrade I discussed the new automated mooring system for the…
The second part covering the last days of the Woolwich Ferry following the special feature I did on Sunday. In…
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.