The site is fully accessible to wheelchair-users.īridge lift times are published online. The nearest Tube station is Tower Hill, on the Circle and District Lines, and the Tower Gateway DLR stop is just up the hill. Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England over. More expensive guided tours and behind-the-scenes tours run at weekends. Tickets to Tower Bridge Exhibition can be booked online up to 50 minutes before your visit and include access to the Towers, West Walkway, Glass Floor and Engine Rooms. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new Norman ruling class. On completion, its then-revolutionary steam-driven bascule mechanism could raise the bridge's roadway in three minutes, allowing ships to pass underneath. It was founded toward the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest. Sadly Jones never saw the bridge completed, dying in 1887, a year into its construction.ĭraped with curved suspension struts, the city's most easterly bridge was finished in 1894. 09:00, The construction of Tower Bridge, London, which was completed in 1894 (Image: London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images) The city of London boasts some of the most must-see tourist attractions in the world, without a doubt. The long north and south elevations of the building are strongly articulated to. Designed by Horace Jones and tweaked by engineer John Wolfe Barry, the bridge was made entirely from British materials, including Glaswegian steel, Portland stone and Cornish granite. A prominent tower marks the gateway to St Katharines Dock and Tower Bridge. London was a thriving port in the 1880s when building work started on Tower Bridge as a much-needed crossing point in the east. Historic Truss Bridge in Sacramento and West Sacramento Sacramento County, California and Yolo County, California. Don't miss stepping out on the glass walkway above the Thames and roadway © Christian Mueller / Shutterstock History
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