LONDON BRIDGE

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LONDON BRIDGE
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• London Bridge is a bridge in London,
• England over the River Thames,
• between the City of London and
• Southwark. It is between Cannon
• Street Railway Bridge and Tower
• Bridge.

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• The first London Bridge was built by the
  Romans in 43 A.D. Londons original bridge made
  this one of the most famous bridge emplacements
  in the world. London Bridge was fast becoming one
  of the best places to do business.

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• London Bridge was the only bridge over the
  Thames in London until Westminster Bridge and it
  was opened in 1750.

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Song

• London Bridge is falling down,
• Falling down,
  falling down,
• London Bridge is
  falling . . .

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Tower Bridge
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• Designed by Wolfe Barry and Horace
• Jones, and completed in 1894, the
• middle of the bridge can be raised,to
• permit large vessels to pass the
• Tower Bridge and it is now more than
• 100 years old.

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• Tower Bridge is 60 meter long and it is towers
  rive to a height of 43 meter. From the top of the
  towers, you have a great view on the center of
  London.

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• Two massive piers had to be sunk into the
  river bed to support the construction, over
  11.000 tons of steel provided the framework for
  the Towers and Walkways.

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• Tower Bridge has been a bridge across the
  River Thames in London.Tower Bridge was completed
  in 1894 after eight years of construction. It
  took eight years, five major contractors and the
  relentless labour of 432 construction worked to
  built Tower Bridge.

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• Today some 40.000 vehicles cross Tower
  Bridge every day and it opens for river traffic
  about 900 times a year. Today is serves over 42
  million people every year.

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• Tower Bridge, named after its two
• impressive towers, is one of
• Londons best known landmarks.

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• You can also visit the inside of the tower,
  where you can observe the original mechanism used
  to raise the bridge.

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LONDON BRIDGE
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