Hull Tidal Barrier

We passed the Hull Tidal Barrier and I took this shot from the car window. It was completed in 1980 to stop tidal water at high tides going up the river Hull from the Humber Estuary and flooding the surrounding properties.

It is closed about 12 times a year and has protected the city from the effects of more than 30 high tidal surges since it opened in April 1980.