River Lea - Lee Valley Park, River Lee Navigation, Weirs on the River Lea, Hackney Marshes, Olympic Stadium, Lea Valley Walk, Bow (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Lee Valley Park, River Lee Navigation, Weirs on the River Lea, Hackney Marshes, Olympic Stadium, Lea Valley Walk, Bow Back Rivers, Lee Valley White Water Centre, Edmonton Incinerator, Picketts Lock, Turnford and Cheshunt Pits, Temple Mills, Three Mills, River Lee Flood Relief Channel, Prescott Channel, River Lee Country Park, Leamouth, Walthamstow Marshes, Old River Lea, Lea Valley Lines, Waltham Abbey SSSI, House Mill, Broxbourne Mill, Hertford Castle Weir, Tottenham Marshes, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, Bow Creek, Lower Lea Valley, Dobbs Weir, Small River Lea, Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea, Fishers Green, Feildes Weir, Blue Ribbon Network, Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Three Mills Wall River Weir, Middlesex Filter Beds Weir, Locks and Weirs on the River Lea, Lee Valley Leisure Complex, Hartham Weir, Chingford Reservoirs, Carthagena Weir, Newmans Weir, Kings Weir, Woollens Brook, Hertford Weir, Ware Weir, Horns Mill Weir. Excerpt: The London Olympic Stadium will be the centrepiece of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The stadium is located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford in the Lower Lea Valley and has capacity for the Games of approximately 80,000 making it temporarily the third largest stadium in Britain behind Wembley Stadium and Twickenham Stadium. Land preparation for the stadium began in mid 2007, with the official construction start date on 22 May 2008, although piling works for the foundation unofficially began four weeks ahead of that date. Construction ended on 29 March 2011. Axonometric view of the Olympic Stadium, showing the various layersThe stadium design was launched on 7 November 2007. The architect, Populous, is an architectural firm specializing in the design of sports facilities and convention centres, as well as planning of major special events. As a "unique 80,000 seat...