08-03-2022, 02:59 AM
(08-02-2022, 09:03 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:(08-02-2022, 08:05 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Ofnuts snip at me, I posted some photos of the Gateshead Millenium Bridge, which works in a similar way.
However, as a civil engineer I am always interested in big projects. In the UK the Thames barrier is impressive. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-thames-barrier
Something I don't quite get about such a barrier on a river is that you get water from upstream too. So the idea is that the Thames is technically a rather small river and that the closed estuary is large enough that it won't fill during a single tide?
That was bothering me as well, I might have a beginning of "understanding", take a look at low tide ➤ https://www.google.com/maps/search/thame...3?hl=en-US
The best explanation I've found so far ➤ real start at the 0:53 mark