http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=sk8z04gzhgvd&style=o&lvl=2&tilt...

The thing which looks a bit like a petrol pump in the middle of the picture
is a frame containing a pair of old bells, one of which bears the legend "I
AM RUNG BY THE TIDES". Beneath the bells are poles attached to sluice gates.
Does the bell sting ring, and how does/did it work? Why was this done at
this rather obscure location?

John Rowland wrote:

Ah, I've found out it was a 1990's art projest. How disappointing.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%%22i+am+rung+by+the+tides%%22&btnG=Google...=

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, John Rowland wrote:

I assume you're really pointing to this:

http://3r2n.cfa.cmu.edu/groundworks/background/statements/Octobe%%2019%%20PLATFORM%%20final%%20positi...

Which describes it a bit near the beginning. I assume you didn't read the
rest of that document, John, since you don't seem to have been killed by
an explosion of pure rage, as would surely have happened if you had!

I was thinking the other day that it would be nice to exhume some of the
lost rivers. Completely impractical, of course, but nice.

"Tom Anderson" wrote

[snip]

I think that both are actual projects. I seem to recall reading
recently that Boris wants to write exhuming rivers into the London
Plan, when the Plan gets revised over the next couple of years to
de-Ken-ise it. I seem to recall that the Wandle is beginning to
re-emerge.

The New River already has been made more accessible, I think,
although I don't explore where it goes often enough to know details.
I'm not sure where the river stops being functional now that the Ring
Main is in business

Jeremy Parker

On 22 Jul, 17:22, "Jeremy Parker" compuserve.com> wrote:

Was there on Saturday, to my mild surprise. It goes from approximately
Highbury to approximately Canonbury, without any evidence of any
actual flowing - certainly, I'd be amazed if that stretch were
actually used for water delivery. But it's a nice (albeit rather
short) walk.

In message news.demon.co.uk>, Jeremy Parker
compuserve.com> writes

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Ian Jelf wrote:

[snip excellent truths about the New River]

Tom Anderson wrote:

I must have been thinking about bell peppers... I meant to say "Does the
bell still ring"

In message , Tom
Anderson writes

I always enjoy seeing the Tyburn flowing through the basement of Grays,
just south of Oxford Street - right in the middle of touristland but few
people seem to realise that it is there:

http://www.graysantiques.com/tyburn_river.php

On 2008-07-22, Tom Anderson wrote:

Actually most of the New River is accessible. There used to be a Thames
Water leaflet covering it all, but it seems to have vanished from the
web. I walked from Enfield to New River Head in three stages late last
year/early this year with no problems except some muddy and overgrown
bits, which I managed to get through anyway (with one arm in a sling!).
Others have done the same and provided photos:

http://www.bertuchi.co.uk/newriver02.php

http://luphen.org.uk/walks/new_river/4-turkey_brook_palmers_green.htm

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