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Like most major rivers in the world, the Thames has been a highway for commerce and transportation . It was for centuries also an open sewer.

England is an island so the English had to learn to use the surrounding seas. But London was already well established as the capitol before sea power became important. And London is linked to the sea by the Thames.

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