What is the official name of the tower, previously known as Clock Tower, next to which a proposed Thames Airport was to be built in the 1930s?
Proposed Thames Airport Thames Airport was a proposed elevated airport during the 1930s that would have been constructed over the River Thames between Westminster Bridge and Lambeth Bridge. Not much is known about the proposed airport, except that it would have had an elevator to bring people to the flight deck, as well as room underneath for a hangar. It would have also been next to the nearby Big Ben and Palace of Westminster.
Thames Hub integrated infrastructure vision The Thames Hub is a proposal for a new approach to integrated infrastructure development that combines rail, intermodal freight logistics, aviation, tidal renewable energy and its transmission, flood protection and regional development in the Thames Estuary and connects this infrastructure to a trade and utilities spine that runs the length of the UK. It was developed by architects Foster + Partners, infrastructure consultants Halcrow and economists Volterra and launched by Lord Foster at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London on 2 November 2011.