St Katherine's Dock de Londres. Ciel bleu profond et reflets dans l'eau qui provient de la Tamise. À proximité de Tower Bridge il est populaire auprès des touristes.
8202 x 5468 px | 69,4 x 46,3 cm | 27,3 x 18,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
10 octobre 2018
Lieu:
St Katherine's Dock, London
Informations supplémentaires:
St Katharine Docks took their name from the former hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower, built in the 12th century, which stood on the site. An intensely built-up 23 acre (9.5 hectares) site was earmarked for redevelopment by an Act of Parliament in 1825, with construction commencing in May 1827. Some 1250 houses were demolished, together with the medieval hospital of St. Katharine. Around 11, 300 inhabitants, mostly port workers crammed into unsanitary slums, lost their homes; only the property owners received compensation. The scheme was designed by engineer Thomas Telford and was his only major project in London. To create as much quayside as possible, the docks were designed in the form of two linked basins (East and West), both accessed via an entrance lock from the Thames. Steam engines designed by James Watt and Matthew Boulton kept the water level in the basins about four feet above that of the tidal river. By 1830, the docks had cost over £2 million to build
