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Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name . It has become an iconic symbol of London. Tower Bridge is one of several London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Trust, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation.
The bridge consists of two towers which are tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways which are designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge to the left and the right. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. Its present colour dates from 1977 when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Before this, it was painted a chocolate brown colour.
Tower Bridge is sometimes mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is actually the next bridge upstream. A popular urban legend is that in 1968, Robert McCulloch, the purchaser of the old London Bridge that was later shipped to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, believed mistakenly that he was buying Tower Bridge. This was denied by McCulloch himself and has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, the seller of the bridge.
ViaMoi, Dusty Pixel, Toni Duarte, and 28 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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SigHolm - Very Busy 53 months ago | reply
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iomario 53 months ago | reply
Your Image Truly Is:
Better Than Good
Tommy McDermott 53 months ago | reply
this is WOW !
SPECTACULAR WORK ON THIS SHOT !
CHEZ ANDRE 1 53 months ago | reply
Felicidades por tu foto!!!
Stefan0.emme 53 months ago | reply
in Black u can see a wonderful hdr workout
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WOW, this photo is AMAZING!
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Angelo Aldo Filippin 53 months ago | reply
Your Image Truly Is:
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EXCELLENT LANDSCAPE
Toni Duarte 53 months ago | reply
Felicidades por tu foto!!!
Ricardo Chaves Photography 53 months ago | reply
Excellent processing!
Please Tag 'Noble Architecture'
alphazeta also @ Ipernity 53 months ago | reply
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CAGW 53 months ago | reply
Fabulous composition
aviana2 53 months ago | reply
Dramatic treatment - the photo is excellent.
Lochithea [deleted] 52 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Equal Colours [B&W] ~ Post 2 / Award 1, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Lochithea [deleted] 52 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Power Club Gold {Admin Invite} Contest : Anything Red, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
- Kowalski 51 months ago | reply
Great gallery! beautiful HDR's
POONDOG64 46 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called COLOR BLIND, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
POONDOG64 46 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NO WORLD FOR TOMORROW, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Vlado_Photography09 35 months ago | reply
terrific work!
Emodi 32 months ago | reply
nice Black and White of the Tower bridge!!!
hope you like mine!
Dave wade12 15 months ago | reply
Amazing
cybertect 4 months ago | reply
You might want to take a look at this eBay listing
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