In this week's peek at the Olympic Park, the images show what we’ve been doing to widen the Waterworks River. Water is a central feature of the Park. The Waterworks River, adjacent to the Aquatics Centre, is currently undergoing extensive regeneration. 1
3) From the air you get a better sense of scale as each new steel pile - weighing up to 11 tonnes - is vibrated 18 metres into the ground:
4) One nice sunny morning, the shapes and shadows created by the standing piles were an irresistable snap:
5) 700 new piles have been used along 500 metres of riverbank. Concrete on top of the piles will form the new edge to the Waterworks River as this image shows:
6) The existing concrete walls are now being removed along with the soil between the old and new river banks:
7) The riverbanks and walkways that are being created along the Waterworks River will be part of the regeneration of what was previously an inaccessible stretch of water:
8) This latest aerial image shows the Aquatics Centre site and adjacent Waterworks River, along with the work to clear the old riverbank:
9) A final thought is to look forward in time as this computer-generated image shows the view across the Waterworks River to the Aquatics Centre after the 2012 Games:
