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2 days ago · Though never beautiful or stately, London Bridge was one of those sights that visitors to the metropolis never forgot. There is no certain record of when the first London Bridge was built.
4 days ago · The last stone was laid in November, 1747—eleven years and nine months, from the beginning of the construction.” (fn. 150) From 1810 onwards, but more particularly after the removal of old London Bridge in 1831 increased the scour of the river, Westminster Bridge began to show signs of decay.
3 days ago · Tower Bridge lifts around 800 times a year. Find out when the next Bridge Lift will be, and which vessel the Bridge will be lifting for below.
4 days ago · London’s Millennium Bridge (opened 2000; retrofitted and reopened 2002) links the City to the borough of Southwark; it was the first new bridge to span the Thames for more than a century.
3 days ago · The transition from freshwater to estuarine reaches occurs closer to central London, around Battersea. At London Bridge , in the heart of the metropolis, the river rises 22 feet (7 metres) on the spring tides and 18 feet (5.5 metres) on the neap tides.
2 days ago · Location. Station location map. The Paddington (underground) station marked here is the southern station on Praed Street. The station complex is bounded at the front by Praed Street and at the rear by Bishop's Bridge Road, which crosses the station throat on Bishop's Bridge.
5 days ago · Controversy respecting the Trench from Rotherhithe to Battersea—How London Bridge was "built on Woolpacks"—Religious and Royal Processions at the Bridge-foot—Partial Destruction of Old London Bridge by Fire—Conflict between the Forces of Henry III. and those of the Earl of Leicester—Reception of Henry V. after the Battle of Agincourt ...
