TOWER BRIDGE by GARAGELAND
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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.
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 on the landward sides of the towers. 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. The bridge's present colour dates from 1977 when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Originally it was painted a chocolate brown colour.
Tower Bridge is sometimes mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is the next bridge upstream.
Construction started in 1886 and took eight years with five major contractors – Sir John Jackson (foundations), Baron Armstrong (hydraulics), William Webster, Sir H.H. Bartlett, and Sir William Arrol & Co. – and employed 432 construction workers. E W Crutwell was the resident engineer for the construction.
Two massive piers, containing over 70,000 tons of concrete, were sunk into the riverbed to support the construction. Over 11,000 tons of steel provided the framework for the towers and walkways. This was then clad in Cornish granite and Portland stone, both to protect the underlying steelwork and to give the bridge a pleasing appearance.
Jones died in 1887 and George D. Stevenson took over the project. Stevenson replaced Jones's original brick façade with the more ornate Victorian Gothic style, which makes the bridge a distinctive landmark, and was intended to harmonise the bridge with the nearby Tower of London. The total cost of construction was £1,184,000 (£100 million as of 2011).
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Comments (24)
flora-crassella
great picture!!!!!
Bossie_Boots
Fantastic capture i love the colour tone !
durleybeachbum
Super pic. There was aprogramme on BBC which showed us the insides of this and how it works.
jayfar
A superb shot of this icon Steve and great in this tone.
fallen21
Awesome capture.
Feliciti
excellent done !! like this sepia style too!!
geoffwoods
never seen a photo from this angle before thank heavens some one has stepped out of the circle well done my friend. Geoff.
BIPOLARTWO
I have seen this bridge on many an occasion but never looking as good as your photo depicts...TFS
Juliette.Gribnau
superb shot and pov !
qrud
This the most beautiful bridge in the world. Pure build whit love and ful of art.
Ilona-Krijgsman
what a wonderful bridge this is
JohnDelaquiox
wow amazing capture
jophoto
Wonderful bridge...well done image.
debbielove
Ah! Saw this with Rosy when she came over.. I was one of the sights she really wanted to see! lol Great use of Postwork, well done! Rob
evinrude
Good angle!
wotan
Fascinating bridge, shot, POV, comp and tones!
IO4
Superb capture! I think the sepia tone looks great.
emmecielle
Wonderful capture! :)
Richardphotos
I must try and make a trip to the UK.I have friends I can stay with and get a guided tour.alas only thing lacking is the tickets beautiful shot of this icon
Lashia
Beautiful perspective and I love this in a sepia tone- thanks for sharing! :)
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whaleman
Good one!
dreampaint
great pic, nice pov and monochrom sepia style
junge1
Nice postwork!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Yep got it without the crap, but 2011 was a great time for this pov. Try it now with all the crap going up on it's doorstep. None the less you got a cracking shot.