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There is a story that a significant amount of debris from London was dumped in the Thames - some in the vicinity of Redsands Forts [1]. This rubble makes for so
by tajd 7y ago
There is a story that a significant amount of debris from London was dumped in the Thames - some in the vicinity of Redsands Forts [1]. This rubble makes for some fantastic fishing opportunities - the distribution of fishing boats on a summers day might outline the extremes of the patch.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoA lot of London's rubble was used to build and repair airfield runways around the south east. I have a vague memory of some vast amount (a million tons, millions of tons??) being sent out by train. I'd guess there'd be a similar amount that wouldn't be as suitable and need dumping somewhere... Better rubble than what they threw in Beaufort's Dyke - the narrow but deep trench mid way between Scotland and Northern Ireland. That's where much of the surplus munitions, including chemical were dumped at the end of WW1 and WW2. There's even nuclear waste barrels down there. It's long overdue a cleanup as they're disintegrating. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4032629.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4032629.stm
- tajd 7y agoOh wow, I had never heard of that. I mean, the trench is deep but it isn't so deep you wouldn't ever have to worry about it again. I guess the perspective of the people at the time was that it would probably all be alright - or not as bad as what had already happened (WW2). Still though, it's not such a great idea from our perspective.