Learning on ScreenLondon Water Ring Main: Below the Surface
- Subtitle
- Below the surface
- Synopsis
- Shows the London Water Ring Main, a system of gravity-fed tunnels constructed deep under London for bringing drinking water from Thames Valley treatment works into the capital. Pumping stations located at strategic shafts around the ring pump water from the tunnel into local distribution systems. The scheme also includes the uprating and refurbishment of major water treatment works together with improved control and monitoring systems for six million customers in London. Recorded on location on the River Thames, and at Kew Bridge Steam Museum in west London.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 44 min.
- Year of production
- 1993
- Availability
- Free loan; Free loan
- Subjects
- Engineering; Environmental science
- Keywords
- civil engineering; London; water supply
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Institution of Civil Engineers
- library@ice.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.ice.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7665 2251
- Fax
- 020 7976 7610
- Address
- Library
1 Great George Street
London
SW1P 3AA - Notes
- The ICE library has hundreds of VHS tapes and a growing collection of DVDs for loan to members and lecturers interested in the work of professional engineers. Audio recordings of a range of recent lectures held at the ICE are available for free online playback.
- Name
Thames Water Utilities
- Phone
- 0118 939 9678
- Address
- Nugent House
Vastern Road
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RG1 8DB - Notes
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