Tower Bridge

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Tue Jul 12, 2022 5:16 am

Tower Bridge 1951.  X..png
Tower Bridge 1951.
The New Tower Bridge Upper Passenger Footbridge, 140 Feet Above High Water,1894.  1 X..jpg
The New Tower Bridge Upper Passenger Footbridge, 140 Feet Above High Water,1894.

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:24 am

Tower Bridge jams when the metal expands in the summer heat in 1968, firefighters cool it down with their hose.  1  X..jpg
Tower Bridge jams when the metal expands in the summer heat in 1968, firefighters cool it down with their hose.

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Wed Oct 12, 2022 9:03 pm

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Tower Bridge.
Tower Bridge. I would think this was before it opened in 1894.   X. (2).png
Tower Bridge. I would think this was before it opened in 1894.

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:04 am

The building that stood out to me is St Johns Horsleydown Vicarage, the white building middle left by the railway line, I knew it was there but have never seen it like that.
Tower Bridge Aerial Photo 1946, you can see some of the war damage in the area. X. (2).png
Tower Bridge Aerial Photo 1946, you can see some of the war damage in the area.

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby Fogbrain » Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:26 pm

kiwi wrote:The building that stood out to me is St Johns Horsleydown Vicarage, the white building middle left by the railway line
Hi, Kiwi. I can't work out to which building you refer. St John's had a rectory - it wasn't white and is still standing.

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:05 am

Fogbrain wrote:
kiwi wrote:The building that stood out to me is St Johns Horsleydown Vicarage, the white building middle left by the railway line
Hi, Kiwi. I can't work out to which building you refer. St John's had a rectory - it wasn't white and is still standing.


Hi Fogbrain, as you say St John’s is still there, (picture in Fair Street Topic). The church was behind that and is now the site of the London City Mission.
St John Horsleydown was the Anglican parish church of Horsleydown in Bermondsey.
The church built between June 1727 and 1733 in Fair Street, beside the road now known as Tower Bridge Road, just south of the junction with Tooley Street.
Parts of the church remained in use after it was severely damaged by a bomb on 20 September 1940 during the Blitz.
Fair Street, St John Horsleydown Church, now site of the London City Mission.  X..png
Fair Street, St John Horsleydown Church. That doesn't look white either.

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:40 am

Tower Bridge, c1906.  X..png
C1906.

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:37 pm

Tower Bridge c1931.   X..png
C1931.
Tower Bridge c1936, Horse drawn carts wait whilst the bridge is raised.   X.png
Horse drawn carts wait whilst the bridge is raised c1936.

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Thu Apr 20, 2023 12:29 am

A Port of London official controls the hydraulic engines which operate the bascules of the Bridge.
Tower Bridge. A Port of London official controls the hydraulic engines which operate the bascules of the Bridge.  X..jpg

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Re: Tower Bridge

Postby kiwi » Wed May 03, 2023 9:37 am

Tower Bridge, a rag and bone horse and cart and other horse drawn vehicles.
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