5230 x 3487 px | 44,3 x 29,5 cm | 17,4 x 11,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
3 agosto 2014
Ubicazione:
Barrage, Cardiff Bay,Cardiff,Wales,UK,Europe
Altre informazioni:
Cardiff Bay is a sheltered freshwater bay covering about 200 hectares on the Bristol Channel at the mouths of the Rivers Taff and Ely. There are 3 locks on the Barrage. Each lock is 40 metres long; two are 8metres wide and one is 10.5metres wide. The locks allow boats to navigate between the Severn Estuary and Cardiff Bay. Each lock has a bascule bridge weighing approximately 88 tonnes.When they are closed these allow passage over the barrage structure for pedestrians and vehicles. The Cardiff Bay Barrage itself is 1.1km long and extends from Cardiff docks in the north to Penarth in the south. This major civil engineering construction project subsequently led to the impoundment of the bay that has over 13km of waterfront. This 120 million pound project (commenced in 1987) was the catalyst for the 2 billion pound regeneration of the old docklands areas of Cardiff and Penarth.
