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The Park Crescent West ice well is a 9.5m deep underground brick structure in the City of Westminster, London, England. It was built by Samuel Dash in 1780 for the storage of ice gathered from local ponds and canals.
On 1 April 2009, Camp for Climate Action protesters set up a campsite and farmers' market outside the European Climate Exchange in Hasilwood House in Bishopsgate, City of London, to protest against carbon trading as a "false solution" to the problem of climate change.
The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE, pronounced 'life') was a futures exchange based in London. In 2014, following a series of takeovers, LIFFE became part of Intercontinental Exchange , and was renamed ICE Futures Europe .
A pair of mannequins in a boat are used to document the annual ice-out on the Wolf River in New London. This year's was earliest in 173 years.
During the Great Frost of 1683–84, the most severe freeze recorded in England, [5] [6] [7] the Thames was completely frozen for two months, with the ice reaching a thickness of 11 inches (28 cm) in London. Solid ice was reported extending for miles off the coasts of the southern North Sea (England, France and the Low Countries), causing ...
Clearing has become a politically sensitive topic since Britain left the European Union, with Brussels saying that UK-based clearing houses such as ICE Clear Europe and the London Stock Exchange's ...
Spanish slaves in Cuba unloading ice from Maine. The price of the imported ice varied according to the amount of competition; in Havana, Tudor's ice sold for 25 cents ($3.70 in 2010) per pound, while in Georgia it reached only six to eight cents ($0.90–$1.20 in 2010). [24]
The UK was forced to pay 5,000% higher than the typical price for electricity to prevent a power blackout in south-east London. The UK was forced to pay 5,000% higher than the typical price for ...