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8 results found for '"Civil engineering"' in Keywords.
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell and looks at the bridges on the River Thames. Basil Cracknell, author of Portrait of London River, talks about Thames bridges through...
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell and examines River Thames floods and flood prevention past and present including the Thames Barrier which is under construction....
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell and investigates London’s sewage system. In the first part Manager of Thames Water’s Metropolitan Public Health Division, Les...
Plans for channel road bridge (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with BSC channel tunnel consortium Chairman, Ian MacGregor, on plans for a road bridge across the channel. Male interviewer not identified.
Thames Barrier opening (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the grand opening of the Thames Barrier. Speaking are: GLC Engineer Ray Horner; Deputy GLC leader Illtyd Harrington; and engineers Derek Chapman(?), Gordon Taylor(?) and site manager Dick...
The golden age for London - the Victorian civil engineers (1993)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
The Golden Age for London - The Victorian Civil Engineers, presented by Lawrence Spicer. Looks at nineteenth-century civil engineering projects in London and the creation of the sewer system and underground...
Channel Tunnel exhibition (1994)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mark Phillips reports from the Channel Tunnel exhibition opening at the Science Museum in South Kensington prior to the official opening of the tunnel on Friday. He talks to researcher Aisling Byrne.
Channel Tunnel first journey (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
David Kermode reports back from Waterloo International station from where he will be aboard the first train through the Channel Tunnel which is being officially opened later today. Male studio presenter not...