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Most of London's rivers, like the Fleet, are now subterranean.
So why not cover over the Thames too?
Upstream of London Bridge, the size of vessels is already highly restricted. Modern civil engineering can easily build single spans the width of the river.
A huge amount of valuable real estate
would be created. Extra roadways will reduce congestion. Building vast car parks into the structure will be another benefit.
The coverage would extend westward at least as far as Staines, if not further.
This with bitumen?
https://www.youtube...watch?v=ehhRtdrWjIk
Walk, cycle, just don't drive. [wjt, Jun 15 2019]
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Necromunda, the beginnings? |
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The excess water could be used to flood the totally
hopeless tube system which is only used by the
rich and stupid. |
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I think you'll find the rich and stupid use taxis. I know I do. |
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One drawback of this scheme is that it would spoil an
excellent joke, viz: "Holmes! You've fallen into the river of a
major European capital!" "No I haven't, Watson, I'm
completely dry." "Holmes, your inthames!" |
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// the rich and stupid use taxis. I know I do. // |
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Yes, [MB], but they travel *IN* the taxis, not merely to bring up fresh footmen when the ones carrying your sedan chair collapse from hunger and exhaustion. |
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Please, stop pretending you understand how the lower orders live their lives. It's just embarrassing ... |
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And yet strangely not as embarrassing as what the Intercalary
tells me he saw you doing last Thursday. He says he hopes
you wash your hands before you come to our Onesimos Nesib
buffet and whale-tag next week. I did explain to him that
diseases are unlikely to make such a large species jump, but
he's not convinced. |
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It takes 8-10 hours to cross the 80 km (50 miles) of the Panama Canal. This could probably done in an hour by road. |
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Errr, try tarmacing the river bed first, if it's
successful, then maybe try doing the the top
bit? |
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They tried this in Paris, but it was considered too
in-Seine. |
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I am in-Clyde to croissant this idea, assuming the tarmacing
is extended to beyond the limits of the riparian and to the
far ends of our Kingdom's great
metropolis. |
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So tarmac London [calum]? |
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Would this be a sort of dome or do we bulldoze the awkward
bits (like the buildings) first? |
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I don't care how you do it, just get it Don. |
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I was friends with a bulldoze-driver, called Don. He had a
tiny friend who lived in his breast pocket. A real child of the
70's, always wearing bright clothes, and tuning in, dropping
out, and otherwise living the freedom-loving dreams of
yesteryear. Turns out, as Ray was bulldozing away one day,
he hit a bump with so much force, he was jolted into the
steering wheel such that his magical ambassador of post-
war counter-culture was instantly crushed. I've always liked
Don, but I miss-his-hippy. |
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Easily the best pun set forth in this thread, well played! |
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Yalu? Zambezi Murray, Darling. Congo Rhone ... Waal, Yukon try
later. |
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[zen], can you tell Dom [calum] has a job for him? |
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Will you lot stop Tyne to be funny ? It's getting a bit Tees-dious, not to say Wear-ing ... |
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@pertinax <that gif of Leonardo Di Caprio lifting up
a champagne coupe> |
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@8th <gif of that wrestling entrance where the
besuited wrestler (with appropriately superimposed
face) comes animatedly striding in with a great deal
of confidence and bravado> |
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