Directory of Tower Bridge Resources

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This category lists websites about Tower Bridge; a combined bascule and suspension bridge built from 1886 to 1894, to cross.the Thames near the Tower of London, from Whitechapel to Bermondsey.  The Thames estuary is navigable to ships, by the horizontaldeck normally carrying A100 road traffic lifting to each tower.

Resources in This Category

• Tower Bridge Exhibition

  http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/
  History and visitor information for this Victorian bridge, designed by Sir Horace Jones. Contemporary uses of the facilities, group tours of the engine rooms, venue hire, contacts and social media links.

• Wikipedia: Tower Bridge

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge
  Article on the combined bascule and suspension bridge from the 19th century. Includes history, design, construction, modernisation, renovation, and contemporary uses. references and related links.

• YouTube: Moving F231 (HMS Argyll) through London Tower Bridge

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smulp8SG9J4
  Ten minute video of Tower Bridge lifting, viewed from the south bank,with views of the Tower and City of London, as a naval ship is tugged out to sea along the Themes.

• YouTube: The Tower Bridge Lift

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymVFYtZ4jZU
  Five minute video documenting the mechanics and controls involved in the lifting of the road deck of Tower Bridge. Includes links to related videos.

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