Tower Bridge

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Tower bridge Tower bridge is a business card of London, its history is closely linked with the nearby tower. The emergence of the tower bridge is obliged to decision of the Parliament, in 1872, has decided that the city needs another bridge, which would organically fit into the ensemble of the tower, and at the same time would be a swing, do not violate the traffic flow of the courts following to the docks on the Thames.

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… Consideration of a draft of a new bridge lasted for 8 years, after which, finally, the municipality has approved the project of the architect Horace Jones, who proposed to build a drawbridge in the Gothic style. The creation of this project, Johns inspired by the Dutch drawbridges, draped over the channels. Bridge Jones had one peculiarity: the adjustable suspension bridge was to be the counterweight and not to restrict the movement of pedestrians. For this purpose had been arranged in the gallery between towers of the bridge at the height of 44 meters. With the help of elevators inside the towers people raised in the gallery, located at a height of 34 meters above the carriageway, and could freely cross the bridge even during the crossing of the courts. In addition, it was decided to use unusual methods of construction, combining steel construction with stone walls (in the towers were used granite and Portland stone). The tower bridge, with 65 meters in height, are on the powerful supports. For the erection of the towers with the galleries took 11 000 tons of metal. Huge lift the wings of the bridge weigh about 1200 tons each, and, rising, form an angle of 83 degrees. Thanks to this, under the bridge can freely pass ships with tonnage up to 10000 tons. Architect Jones, unfortunately, did not live up to the input of the bridge in operation, and after the death of the position of chief architect of tower bridge he was replaced by John wolf-berry. So, on June 30 in 1894, the inauguration of the tower bridge, which was attended by the Prince of Wales Edward with his wife.

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