Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Severn crossing, Severn Valley Railway, Severn bore, Severn Barrage, Barry Railway Company, Bristol Channel, Coracle, Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study, Severn Estuary, Ironbridge power stations, Putcher fishing, Severn Tunnel, Aust Ferry, P and A Campbell, List of disasters on the Severn, Severn Area Rescue Association, Severn Way, Hampton Loade Ferry, Buildwas Abbey, The Quarry, Lave net, Gloucester Harbour Trustees, West Midlands Search and Rescue, Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue, Aust Severn Powerline Crossing, Worcester River Cruises, English Stones. Excerpt: The Severn Barrage refers to a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary. Ideas for damming or barraging the Severn estuary (and Bristol Channel) have existed since the 19th century. The building of such a barrage would be a huge engineering feat, comparable with some of the world's biggest construction projects. The purposes of such a project has typically been one, or several of: transport links, flood protection, harbour creation, or tidal power generation. In recent decades it is the latter that has grown to be the primary focus for barrage ideas, and the others are now seen as useful side-effects. Following the Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study (2008-10), the British government concluded that there was no strategic case for building a barrage but to continue to investigate emerging technologies. There have been numerous proposed projects over the years, initially to provide a safe harbour and more recently to generate electricity. Thomas Fulljames's own impression of his proposed BarrageIn 1849 Thomas Fulljames, a civil engineer and the county surveyor for Gloucestershire proposed a barrage from Beachley to Aust (now the site of the first Severn Bridge), a span of just over 1 m...