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Former powerhouse reconverted in a fancy restaurant and art gallery. More about the Wapping Project to be discovered here: www.thewappingproject.com/
Wappen-Begründung für die Ortsgemeinde Mauel:
Der Ort ist vermutlich zunächst am heutigen Urmauel schon vor der Jahrtausendwende entstanden.Der Standort direkt an der Prüm war deutlich nasser und hochwassergefährdet.
Der Ortname leitet sich von alten Wortstämmen Mul oder Auwel ab, die beide auf Feuchtgebiet und auch ein hohes Alter hinweisen. Der silber-blaue Wellenschrägbalken soll die Prüm symbolisieren. Die Region wurde als Lehen der Abtei Prüm von Hamm geführt. Die Farben der Abtei waren Rot und Silber. 1345 wird das heutige Mauel erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Zur Gemeinde gehören heute Mauel und die Weiler Urmaul und Staudenhof.
Der Ort lebte noch vor 50 Jahren nur von der Land- und Forstwirtschaft.
Mit drei goldenen Ähren und einem Eichenzweig soll dies ausgedrückt werden.
Gegenüber vom Staudenhof steht nicht weit vom Prümufer entfernt mit der 280-jährigen Napoleonseiche ein wuchtiges Naturdenkmal auf Mauler Flur. Unter seinem Blätterdach soll schon Napoleon oder ein Teil seiner Truppe vor etwa 200 Jahren gelagert haben. Ein Eichenzweig ist als grüne Figur in das silberne untere Feld des Wappens gelegt. Das Blatt und zwei Eicheln, sollen zugleich den Ort und die beiden Weiler darstellen.
Aus forstwissenschaftlicher Sicht ist der Baum gerade erwachsen geworden.
Heißt es doch im Volksmund (wie bei der Linde): eine Eiche kommt 300 Jahre, steht 300 Jahre und geht 300 Jahre.
Abb.: Napoleonseiche bei Mauel.
Text, Foto, Wappenentwurf und Zeichnung: Dr. Christian Credner (Credi) 2008
Gradient marker within the Tunnel. The ascent to Wapping Station at 1 in 36 is steep in railway terms, and steam engines would have to work hard. The approach to Rotherhithe is even steeper at 1 in 34.
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The London Overground service between Highbury & Islington and New Cross/New Cross Gate was suspended over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (24-26 May 2014) to adapt the line to take 5-car trains. The London Transport Museum took advantage of the closure to offer escorted walks through the tunnel between Rotherhithe and Wapping Stations.
The Tunnel was originally built as a pedestrian tunnel and opened in 1843; it was the only project on which Marc Isambard Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, worked together. It was sold for railway use in 1869, the first trains running four years later.
The tunnel was extensively renovated during the 1990s, during which most of it was restored to its original appearance.
The Baltic Fleet is an 'Old Sailor Town' Grade II listed pub located close to Liverpool's Albert Dock. They have a Micro-Brewery in the cellar, serving their own ales at the bar as well as locally made pies and home-made Scouse (Hot Pot!).
Aus dem Umkreis von (282) Hans Friedrich Curt von Lüttichau (26. 1. 1783 - 28. 5. 1864). Er war Wolf August Adolfs Vater und Stammvater des Bärenstein-Zweiges der Familie.
Scandrett Street, Wapping. Founded in 1695 and re-built in 1756-60, restored as two houses in 1994-5.
Wapping Station is in London Fare Zone 2, and is served by London Overground trains. The station is inside the ventilation shaft for the railway tunnel between here and Rotherhithe.
The main station building and entrance to Wapping Underground Station
on Wapping High Street, London E1.
Next to a pub in wapping there is a set of stairs leading down to the river. I took this picture of a bucket of bones on the top step. I assume I hadn't stumbled upon a crime scene. Perhaps someone was picking up things at low tide.
If anybody has any idea what this was all about, let me know.
Th e Gradient marker in the Tunnel shows the steepness of the approach to Rotherhithe Station; not a problem for today's electric trains but this would have been hard work for a Victorian steam engine. Below it is a marker indicating the distances to Wapping and Rotherhithe stations.
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The London Overground service between Highbury & Islington and New Cross/New Cross Gate was suspended over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (24-26 May 2014) to adapt the line to take 5-car trains. The London Transport Museum took advantage of the closure to offer escorted walks through the tunnel between Rotherhithe and Wapping Stations.
The Tunnel was originally built as a pedestrian tunnel and opened in 1843; it was the only project on which Marc Isambard Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, worked together. It was sold for railway use in 1869, the first trains running four years later.
The tunnel was extensively renovated during the 1990s, during which most of it was restored to its original appearance.
Graffitified sign denoting that this was once an operational school.
Sadly now forlorn but not forgotten by the local vandals!
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/35444...
John Tarby, a Wapping resident and member of the History of Wapping Trust looks at the historic maps of Wapping and chats to St George at the first London Dock public exhibition.
Hermitage Basin, Wapping. Built by the Port of London Authority in 1913-14 it was designed to maintain water levels in the dock basins.
The Wapping Hydraulic Power Station (built 1890) was originally run by the London Hydraulic Power Company in Wapping, London, England. Originally it operated using steam and later it was converted to use electricity. It was used to power machinery, including lifts (elevators), across London. The Tower Subway was used to transfer the power, and steam, to districts south of the river.