Title

Tower Bridge, London, c1907. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Tower Bridge, London, c1907. View of the bridge with bascules closed and various river vessels in the foreground. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894. It was designed so that the central section could be raised to allow the passage of ships to and from the busy wharves of London.

Date

1907

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19B04_058

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,1Mb) / 17,4in x 11,2in / 5223 x 3365 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river water building buildings London England River Thames Thames architecture boat boats country bridge British geography English innovation location Victorian century barge Tower Bridge Britain closed concept civil engineering B&W steamboat MONOCHROME road bridge bascule bridge 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W Southwark 1900s 20th century nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery geographical feature TGN photograph Unknown Jones Horace Jones Sir Horace Horace Sir Horace Jones