Cutty Sark, London

The Cutty Sark is a beautiful old clipper ship in dry dock in Greenwich. Here's the wikipedia article and here's their web site. Here's Windows Live Local's Bird's eye view. Here's my picture of the Cutty Sark.

On the afternoon of Monday, 22nd November, 1869, a beautiful little clipper ship was launched from Scott and Linton's shipyard at Dumbarton. She bore a name that was to become famous...

I'll bet you wonder what that little round building is near the Thames. You'll never guess so go read about it here. Then you'll understand this.


UPDATE: On May 21, 2007, the Cutty Sark burned. I captured the original Windows Live Local image.

Greenwich Royal Observatory, London

At the Greenwich Royal Observatory, you can stand with one foot in the Western Hemisphere and the other in the Eastern Hemisphere. Here's the wikipedia article and here's their website. Here's Windows Live Local's Bird's eye view. Here's my picture from there.

Thames Barrier, London

The Thames Barrier is a flood control structure that protects London. It is the world's second largest movable flood barrier after one in the Netherlands. Here's the wikipedia article with some good pictures.

To understand the issue, you need to realize that the tide in the Thames at this point is 21 feet!