Longford River
| Longford River | ||
 (c) Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0 Der Longford River in Feltham | ||
| Daten | ||
| Lage | London Borough of Hillingdon, London Borough of Hounslow, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England | |
| Flusssystem | Themse | |
| Abfluss über | Themse → Nordsee | |
| Quelle | vom River Colne 51° 28′ 19″ N, 0° 28′ 25″ W | |
| Mündung | in die ThemseKoordinaten: 51° 24′ 38″ N, 0° 21′ 14″ W 51° 24′ 38″ N, 0° 21′ 14″ W
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| Länge | 19 km | |
| Kleinstädte | Feltham | |
Der Longford River ist ein Wasserlauf in Greater London. Er wurde 1638/1639 auf Veranlassung von Charles I. von Nicholas Lane angelegt, um Wasser für den Hampton Court Palace und den angrenzenden Bushy Park bereitzustellen.[1] Der Longford River zweigt an der nordwestlichen Ecke des Flughafens Heathrow vom River Colne ab. Er fließt im Westen und Süden des Flughafens parallel zum Duke of Northumberland’s River und wendet sich dann östlich des Terminal 4 des Flughafens nach Südosten und verläuft durch Feltham. Der Longford River wird an verschiedenen Stellen vom Bushy Park und dem Hampton Court Park aus in die Themse weitergeleitet.
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Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Bushy Park - History and Architecture (Memento vom 24. März 2020 im Internet Archive) auf: The Royal Parks, abgerufen am 25. März 2016
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Longford River in Feltham - geograph.org.uk - 1161284.jpg
(c) Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0
Longford River in Feltham The Longford River is an artificial watercourse constructed in 1638 at the instigation of King Charles I to improve the water supply to Hampton Court Palace and to provide a source for the water features in the landscaped gardens. It takes off from the River Colne at Longford and runs for about 19 kilometres, before discharging into the River Thames. The white noticeboard on the right advises that "The Police have received instructions to take into custody any person found trespassing, damaging or destroying the banks or the freeboard of the River. By Order." So there... Incidentally in this context the freeboard of a watercourse is the vertical distance between the water level and the level at which the water would burst one of its banks in a flood event.
(c) Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0
Longford River in Feltham The Longford River is an artificial watercourse constructed in 1638 at the instigation of King Charles I to improve the water supply to Hampton Court Palace and to provide a source for the water features in the landscaped gardens. It takes off from the River Colne at Longford and runs for about 19 kilometres, before discharging into the River Thames. The white noticeboard on the right advises that "The Police have received instructions to take into custody any person found trespassing, damaging or destroying the banks or the freeboard of the River. By Order." So there... Incidentally in this context the freeboard of a watercourse is the vertical distance between the water level and the level at which the water would burst one of its banks in a flood event.