2014

TQ2379 : Thames Water Tower, Shepherd's Bush

taken 11 years ago, near to Hammersmith, Hammersmith And Fulham, England

Thames Water Tower, Shepherd's Bush
Thames Water Tower, Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush :: TQ2280

Shepherd's Bush (also Shepherds Bush) is an area of west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Although it is primarily residential in character, its focus is the shopping area of Shepherd's Bush Green, the north side of which is home to the Westfield shopping centre, the largest urban shopping centre in Europe. The main thoroughfares are Uxbridge Road, Goldhawk Road and Askew Road, all containing a large number of small and mostly independent shops, pubs and restaurants. The Loftus Road football stadium in Shepherd's Bush is home to Queens Park Rangers F.C..
The district is bordered by Hammersmith to the south/southwest, Brook Green to the south/southeast, Holland Park (and then Notting Hill) to the east, Willesden and Harlesden to the north and by Acton and Chiswick to the west.
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Thames Water Tower, Shepherd's Bush

Claimed to be the world's largest barometer, this art installation disguises a steel vent pipe on the Thames Water London ring main. The idea for the barometer was thought of in 1993 by D.O'Sullivan and T. Doufa, students at the Royal College of Art. London architects and technology consultants Brookes Stacy Randall Fursden built the installation. The tower is intended to be filled with blue water which rises and falls according to barometric pressure, but at present is not working.


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TQ2379, 427 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 24 May, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 30 August, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 2385 7994 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.2899N 0:13.0162W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 2383 7999
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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