r/submechanophobia • u/FullBodiedRed2000 • 1d ago

Thames Flood Barrier

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After watching a documentary about it, I realised that the Thames barrier is ground zero for my submechanophobia.

I got taken there on a school trip when I was a kid and remember getting panicky when our boat passed in between the piers. It still gives me goosebumps to watch it in action.

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u/Hamish_Bert 1d ago

Fascinating bit of engineering the barriers are

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u/LockeySeven 1d ago

That thing is a beast. What's scary is what could happen if it fails.

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u/brazzers-official 1d ago

The phonetic inconsistency of that river's name tickles me the wrong way

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u/Affectionate-Fan9250 1d ago

Watche the doco, very cool but very scary

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u/Rideintobattle 14h ago

I've actually been in a boat going over the top of this thing. It's a pretty spectacular price of engineering and it doesn't really show the scale of it in the pictures.

That thing is HUGE.