Thames Barrier
Woolwich Reach, London                                                                                                                              
1970? - 1982
GLC / Rendel, Palmer & Tritton

594 x 265 mm. Woodcut on MDF.  Series of 100

£140 unframed / £215 framed

Operational in 1982, the ten steel gates can be raised to protect London from flooding caused by a tidal surge. In the background are the Millennium Dome and the towers at Canary Wharf.