Thames

Over a hundred years ago people in London were surprised to see a very unusual boat come sailing up the Thames River .

In January 2006, a bottle-nosed whale died in the Thames after it was lifted on to a pontoon ready to be taken back out to sea.

But a Labour member of the London Assembly, John Biggs, argued the cable car was "no substitute" for a bridge across the Thames.

Thames originate in the west of England, across the United Kingdom, the total length of 338 km, flows through London into the sea.

In the UK, the Thames barrier, designed to be raised once every six years, is now being raised six times a year.

Fireworks on the bank of Thames in London, the course was just 15 minutes, afterward, the crowd scattered gently.

The sea reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

He contemplated washing himself in the Thames, but the river appeared to be dirtier than he was.

It turned up the morning of June 10 in a lobster trap at the mouth of the Thames River in London, England.

This platform is buoyant enough to remain a few inches under the surface, so never seen, and the same color as the Thames.

The shorter length of the Thames whale plus postmortem findings led the scientists to conclude it was a young animal.

And as the New York Times has noted, some economists and traders have begun to refer to London by an ominous moniker: Reykjavik-on-Thames.

He looked across the Thames, and asked his father what was on the other side of the river.

The Thames did not always flow through London.

His first sermon was delivered, in heavily-accented English, by the River Thames in Petersham, but congregations did not respond to him.

It was the only Thames bridge to have actually been damanged by German bombers during World War II.

She had been looking all round her again-at the lawn, the great trees, the reedy, silvery Thames, the beautiful old house.

Besides them, there was a cruise on the Thames River, a visit to the Tower of London as well as a walk through Piccadilly Circus.

In 1599, the company built a worldwide theater beside the Thames in London.

In 1599 the company opened the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London.

Nonetheless, he ended up in a charge of pirate and being hung by the Thames River.

After his conviction of piracy and murder charges in a sensational London trial, he was left to hang over the River Thames for two years.

He is a lazy devil and keeps his talent in a napkin, with his ability and a little energy he could set the Thames on fire.

Immense rivers that dwarf the Thames have been found at the bottom of the ocean by British scientists.

When my entourage and I came across her, she was at the Thames farmer's market, selling fruit and roasted chestnuts.

In London, more than 200000 people lined the banks of the River Thames to watch fireworks explode from "the London Eye" .

He often promenades his wife along the Thames Embankment.

It was pleasant to take a photo by the side of the Thames in Wandsworth, London.

David Blaine, eventually coming down from his self-imposed hunger strike in a box by London's river Thames.

The American illusionist David Blaine has emerged from his plastic box, ending his 44-day starvation stunt above the river Thames.

It was unveiled over the Thames River outside the ExCel Centre in London.

The Boat Bus, a british bus capable of surfing the Thames.

None of the packaging companies in Gloucestershire and the River Thames area contacted by Packaging News reported flooded premises.

In the river on the left are some barges remind us that this port of the Thames is still an important waterway and port.

The annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge on the river Thames is one of the most popular events of the year.

It was made in London, at a studio near the River Thames called Bray Studios.

Yet such modest alternatives might still leave the Thames down in the dumps.

The Thames, which is now clean enough to swim in, was polluted for over a hundred years.

The tower in Westminster is sinking into the banks of the Thames, partly as a result of decades of underground excavation.

Bazalgette's design included a safety valve: when too much waste enters the system, raw sewage runs into the River Thames.

An aerial view shows the shadow of the Houses of Parliament casting a shadow on the river Thames in London, March 27, 2012.

In 1599 the company opened the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London. You can go to the Globe Theatre today.

Thames Water not only needs to know what is going on in its network, but to be able to act quickly on the information.

At the bank of the Thames locates the Big Ben, which is the largest clock in Britain.

Initial examination suggests the humpback, the first to have been found in the Thames, may have died of starvation.

Huibers hopes to sail down the Thames River and dock in London for the 2012 Olympics.

Thames Valley Police confirmed it was investigating, saying: "Statements have been taken from two people. "

A cycle hire docking station beside the Thames in London.

Many of these narrow streets run down to the Thames, and at the end of many of them warehouses can be seen.

Looking thinner and darker, 30 year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames and immediately went to hospital.

Highbury, north of the River Thames, would mean close proximity to another club - Tottenham - something Norris wanted to avoid.

One stood in the southeastern corner of London, near an old Roman wall on the north bank of the Thames River.

When Dutch ships sailed up the River Thames into London in 1688, it was clear they were an invading force.

The six-week "Sexy Heels in the City" course was offered as an extra-curricular activity at South Thames College and finished in May.

William the Conqueror chose the site, high above the river Thames and on the edge of a Saxon hunting ground.

Some buildings at Thames Town had to be rebuilt two and, on occasions, three times before the developer was satisfied.

He married an English girl and found himself with a great reputation, being employed to design and build the first tunnel under the Thames.

A worker excavates ancient timbers from layers of peat in a suburb of East London near the River Thames.

An aerial view shows a ship on the River Thames near the London 2012 Olympic Park in London March 27, 2012.

If similar policies were pursued in New York and London, the Hudson and Thames rivers would be long gone.

South Thames College said it was still evaluating whether to run the course again.

She added that the authority would work with Thames Valley Police to manage the crowds that are expected for the event.

THE Thames Valley provides two contrasting examples of what happens when foreign companies buy British ones.

It faces the Thames blooms, all from the sea back into the London ships, will first saw tower bridge soaring.

Its commanding position, on a hill overlooking the Thames, seems the natural place for the principal building in the area.

The Thames River stank, The air was filled with a "disease odor" , as Londoners called it, and soot clung to ladies' dresses.

The River Thames with The Houses of Parliament and Whitehall on the left bank looking over Horse Gaurds Parade to the West End of London.

Li It must be fun to tour along the Thames in a car instead of a boat.

The fine, old bridge that used to span the Thames near Somerset House was designed by John Rennie.

A juvenile male humpback whale has been found dead in the Thames near Dartford Bridge, Kent, the first ever to be stranded in the river.

This would be cheaper and would allay the worst of the problem in the most-used stretch of the Thames.

Sense of vision & sense of touch Sweet Thames ! Run softly, till I end my song.

London - the capital of England with an ancient history standing astride the river Thames.

That's Ian Fyfe, marketing director of Bateaux London, talking to us on a catamaran cruiser on the Thames. I'm Lily.

We hope you can imagine a vivid picture of the River Thames through all the different sounds in today's programme.

The cathedral sits on the highest point of the City of London, which originated as a Roman trading post situated on the River Thames.

A network of ski-resort style cable cars over the Thames was today being considered by London mayor Boris Johnson.

Silver Beauty International Culture Exchange Co. Ltd. , Chairman, Carrie Yin, Master of Art, Thames Valley University.

The headquarters of one of Europe's largest accountancy firms overlooks the Thames.

Manhattan-on-Thames was briefly the capital of a brand new nation: Cool Britannia.

That is not to say Thames Town and its like have not faced stiff criticism .

The capital and largest city of the United Kingdom, on the Thames River in southeast England.

Windsor Castle: Principal British royal residence, on the River Thames in Windsor, Berkshire, southern England.

Frank Bolter, German artist, was seen sailing down the Thames in a paper boat.

On Thursday morning we relaxed . Then we went to Tower Bridge on the River Thames and looked at the city. It's very big!

On Thursday mornings we relaxed. Then we went to Tower Bridge on the River Thames and looked at the city. It's very big!

London, the capital of the United Kingdom, is situated on the Thames River near its mouth.

Important rivers flowing into the North Sea are the Thames, Humber, Tees, and Tyne.

And how are the Londoners ' feeling when they enjoy the beautiful scenery by the River Thames?

At 7m across, the Thames Tunnel would be the width of three buses.

Location - Right on the Thames river at the Battersea heliport overlooking the Thames & Chelsea.

Thames Town will also incorporate a school, hotel, entertainment and public and private sports facilities.

Reason: the first West Ham side were part of Thames Ironworks and an ironmonger's main tool is a hammer.

The newly-weds shared a romantic moment aboard a boat on the Thames en route to the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

As they passed in the penny-steamer, they had swift pictures of groups of naked boys wallowing in the Thames mud.

In Olympic-ready London a new landmark (City Hall) meets old (Tower Bridge) along the Thames.

London shall mourn for the death of twenty thousand, and the river Thames shall be turned to blood!

London, capital of Great Britain, SE England, on both sides of the Thames River.

I've been planning to drive along the road by the Thames some day.

Nature is the river, not a particular river, whether the Ganga, the Thames or the Mississippi.

Then they found they were recruiting people from companies based in the Thames Valley.

A huge new 20-mile sewer sunk deep beneath London to stop waste from entering the River Thames has moved closer to reality.

The Grand Surrey Canal, completed in 1811, was intended to link the Thames at Rotherhithe with Surrey, but only made it as far as Peckham.

The UK project, being developed on the former Shell Haven oil refinery site in the Thames Estuary includes a business park.

As a result, on a bend in the Thames, one of Europe's greatest regeneration stories took place.

Mary may set the Thames on fire with her piano playing.

Afterwards, the Thames and Scheldt flowed through the gap into the English Channel, but the Meuse and Rhine still flowed northwards.

Climatologists have warned that the Norfolk Broads and the Thames Estuary could be destroyed within 100 years.

Besides, the Tweed, the Tyne, the Tees and the Thames Rivers on the east coast all face the North Sea ports on the European continent.

The river, which flows through London, is called the Thames.

It said he went to the River Thames with his parents.

Dr. Zhang visited the Big Ben Clock Tower, standing on the banks of the river Thames.

Although the bulk of the County lies to the south of the River Thames, a small area lies to the north. It is here that Little Whinging lies.

In 1858, raw sewage flowing into the Thames prompted a crisis that nearly resulted in the relocation of Parliament to Hampton Court.

London is the most famous tower bridge over the Thames river, is also the most spectacular Bridges.

Similar tunnels exist inMilwaukeeandPortland, Oregon. Thames Water has adopted the scheme.

39m tonnes of untreated sludge flushes into the river every year, says Thames Water, the utility firm that supplies London.

We travelled from north to south, with events in Scotland, East of England, London, the Thames Valley.

London became known, among financiers and architects, as Manhattan-on-Thames.

The most important riber in the United states is the Mississippi River. The riber that flows through London is the River Thames.

Battersea is part of Central London on the south bank of the river Thames.

All the bridges over the Thames afford fine views.

We are meeting our British friends once again by the beautiful River Thames for our third conference.

and for father I had Mr Ibbs, who kept the locksmith's shop, at Lant Street, in the Borough, near to the Thames.

Think about the Thames bank. Such edifices will only contribute towards improving the dirty river bank.

Eton, on Buckinghamshire nearby London, a town beside Thames, the seat of Eaton College.

The River Thames had become seriously polluted because of the recent invention of flush toilets.

Local groups are already pitched against each other, as well as against Thames Water.

A young couple on the village green in Thames Town , taking photographs ahead of their wedding day, provides a case in point .

Excellent. A view of the Thames. South Bank, somewhere between Southwark Bridge and Waterloo.

London is the capital city of the UK, in southeast England on the River Thames.

THE international diplomatic caravan moves from the Thames to the Rhine.

Tower of London: Royal fortress on the northern Bank of the River Thames.

Thames Water says bills will rise "for the foreseeable future" .

A municipal borough of south-central England on the Thames River southwest of London.

But the Thames Tunnel is ahistorical milestone in tunnel engineering .

Oxford: A borough of south-central England on the Thames River west-northwest of London.

Oh, can't forget, the stroll goes to the match text river, Thames, take photo keep as memory.

The 525-foot-high Star of Nanchang surpassed the London Eye on the River Thames to become the world's tallest ferris wheel at the time.

They go for a sail down the Thames .

Then we went to Tower Bridge on the River Thames and looked at the city.

Even the blitz didn't stop London's buses, some lamented; how would today's Britons have fared in winters of yore, when the Thames froze?

A better example than the Thames is the Rhine which flows through many countries and passes the largest petrochemical industries of Europe.

Parliament, Westminster Bridge and the River Thames are enveloped in fog.

For Thames Water, a British utility that is now a part of Germany's RWE, the experience was much worse.

John lives in London which is on the Thames.

The couple's bodies were discovered on Sunday, Thames Valley police said.

Leaving Shepperton, B crossed the Thames to the nearby town of Walton.

A municipal borough of southeast England on the Thames River east of London.

With a minimum price of $490, 000 for a villa in Thames Town, more spacious digs go for $669, 000.

The Thames River runs through the city from west to east.

Thames Town's Gothic church is expected to host many ceremonies.

The Thames, which flows through London, is a beautiful river.

Chinese newlyweds pose for their wedding pictures in Thames Town, a newly built city named after the River Thames in England.

We houseboated along the Thames yesterday.

london shall mourn the death of twenty thousand , and the thames will be turned into blood.

standing on the London Tower Bridge, I look at the Thames, with the bell of big ben comes into my ear from time to time.

The two buildings that lay on the River Thames fell down last week.

The housed of Parliament just built, the Thames Embankment newly reclaimed from 32 acres of mud.

Hillary and I went to dinner with Tony and Cherie Blair at a restaurant in a restored warehouse district on the Thames.

Many great cities are built on rivers. Paris is on the Seine, London is on the Thames and Rome is on the Tiber.

and founded a trading post on the River Thames and named it Londinium.

30 miles of new developments along both banks of the Thames.

It's not far from here to the Thames.

They invited us to go for a row on the Thames.

This poster sells the virtues of travel and trips on the Thames.

Till into the high dome of Paul's they like Thames waters flow.

The whole wonderful thing did happen, a long time ago, on the Mersey, on the Elbe, by the Thames and the Hudson River.

Last time this happened, between 1645 and 1715, global temperatures plummeted and the River Thames froze over every winter.

He went boating on the Thames, he visited the museums, the parks.

London is in the south ofEnglandand it's on the River Thames.

Meteorological records last winter in 1683-1684, when, and even the River Thames have been frozen.

She looked away from me and gazed into the Thames.

A "humpback whale" has been found dead in the River Thames near London.

London eyes. The London Tower. The Thames.

They are sailing up the Thames.

London is in the south of England and it's on the River Thames .

Sweet Thames , run softly, for I speak not loud or long.

We boated down the Thames .

The Thames by twilight was beautiful.

A Georgian-style townhouse in Thames Town can cost more than RMB6m.

Way down upon the river Thames.

He comes from a small city on the river Thames.

And the 1, 000-megawatt London Array in the outer Thames Estuary is projected to be completed in 2012.

Kelly also enjoyed a boat trip on the river Thames.

The findings appear to mirror a recent study in Britain, which claimed that 2kg of the drug end up in the river Thames every day.

The river Thames is spanned by many bridges.

He works hard, but he'll never set the Thames on fire.

The Thames rises in the Cotswold Hills.

In the 1970s Britain toyed with the idea of building a big new airport in the Thames estuary to the east of London.

Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.

Chang Jiang is longer and wider than the River Thames.

London stands on the River Thames.

Tower of London from River Thames.

The most important river is Thames River. River Clyde is the most important river in Scotland.

Thames Water's 14m customers will pay for the scheme.

Where is the source of the River Thames?

The shore between Blackstable and the mouth of the Thames was very wild.

It's on the north bank of the Thames.

That's the River Thames. It's grey and silver!

Sunday afternoon, we moored our boat after the Sunbury lock, went to the Magpie pub on the Thames.

London lies on the River Thames.

Is Chang Jiang wider than the River Thames?

In 1599, a partnership of company members built their own theatre on the south bank of the River Thames, which they called the Globe.

Where is the source of the Thames?

Which city is the River Thames in?

Smokers also enjoy a panoramic view of Thames.

It takes you 135 metres above the River Thames.

South Bank of Thames River.

if we take a boat trip , we can enjoy the magnificent sights along the thames.

The right bank of the Thames River is on the south side because the river flows east.

At one time, London's River Thames was disease-ridden and devoid of fish.

They're drilling a new tunnel under the Thames.

Mr Chu jokes that Hong Kong's former rulers, perhaps homesick for the Thames, set out to turn Victoria Harbour into Victoria river.

It is 450 feet in height above the River Thames.

My hometown is on the River Thames.

Because the Thames is tidal, it can take four weeks for the muck to reach the sea.

More water flowed down through Lynmouth that night than normally flows down the Thames in 3 months.

The second largest and most important river in Britain is the Thames River (336km).

London is on the Thames.

The second and most important river is the Thames River, which is very favorable for transportation.

How long is the River Thames?

Kelly also enjoyed a boat trip on the river Thames. Every day, she went to a different place and saw interesting things.

Early last year Thames Water, which supplies London, tested the system on 3, 000km (2, 000 miles) of mains.

I wander lonely streets Behind where the old Thames does flow And in every face I meet Reminds me of what I have run from

a proposal for a tunnel under the thames between the house of commons and fullers brewery was laughed out of court

Lambeth Bridge is a road traffic and foot bridge crossing the River Thames in an east-west direction in central London;

Watershed discovery: The river - with 350 times the flow of the Thames - has channels, rapids and waterfalls

The Thames Television Restoration with Stereophonic Orchestral Score by Composer Carl Davis

He swam up the Thames and out through the plughole,

Cambridge, the River Thames, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Victoria Peak

He was constantly reading "Thames" when he studied

Fallen leaves lie on a path by the Thames opposite Canary Wharf Picture: PA

The magician who can walk on water: Dynamo crosses the River Thames on foot - without using a bridge

Implementing a Sustainable Flood-defence Strategy for London's Tidal Thames

Working Together for a Cleaner Thames

The London Eye on the river Thames across from the Houses of Parliament. (Jason Hawkes)

Generally speaking, the Northern Dialect extends as far south as Humber and the Thames;

'Wally', the whale that died in the Thames in 2006, was badly affected by sonar booms used by the oil industry

Port Meadow, the largest public green of Oxford, seen from the west side of River Thames

The Old London Bridge was built across the Thames in 1209

Near where the chartered Thames does flow,

Upper Thames Military Re-Enactment Society

London architecture from the River Thames

Near where the charter'd Thames does flow,

past the Thames River, glistening like gold

Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street,

Sounds of Britain: the River Thames

An offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary

Pm Flood Risk in the Thames Gateway