弗利特河
弗利特河(英语:River Fleet),亦称舰队河,是伦敦最大的地下河,弗利特街(又译“舰队街”)和霍尔本都是得名自这条河。[1] 其源头是来自汉普斯特德荒野的两条溪流,这两条溪流在18世纪蓄水形成汉普斯特德池塘和海格特池塘,舰队河自俩个池塘开始,绵延4英里(6.4千米),在黑衣修士桥下注入泰晤士河。
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舰队河的名字来自古英语“flēot”(涨潮的水湾) ,[2] 在罗马不列颠时代,舰队河还是一条主要地上河流,其河口可能还有世界最古老的潮力磨坊。[3] 盎格鲁-撒克逊英格兰的舰队河附近有许多水井,13世纪时被称为“水井河”(River of Wells)。[4] 工业革命时遭到污染,过度用水也使得其流量大为减小,19世纪因为摄政运河的修建而被覆盖。
参考文献
编辑- ^ Trench, Richard; Hillman, Ellis. London under London: a subterranean guide Second. London: John Murray. 1993: 33. ISBN 0-7195-5288-5.
- ^ fleet, n.2. Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 1989.
- ^ Spain, Rob: "A possible Roman Tide Mill", Paper submitted to the Kent Archaeological Society (PDF). [2014-09-04]. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2011-05-17).
- ^ Wickstead, Thomas. On the supply of water to the Metropolis. The Civil engineer and architect's journal. January 1840, III (28): 10.
外部链接
编辑- McRae, Andrew. ""On the Famous Voyage": Ben Jonson and Civic Space." Early Modern Literary Studies Special Issue 3 (September, 1998): 8.1-31 [1]
- Sub-Urban.com — River Fleet
- Photos From The Buried River Fleet
- Chesca Potter, "The River of Wells"
- Map showing Ray Street Bridge (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)