Title

Tower Bridge, London

Caption

Tower Bridge, London. The construction of the 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

1960

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D58_033

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,6Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river water building buildings London England River Thames Thames architecture boat boats country tower bridge British geography English color colour innovation location Victorian century Tower Bridge Britain concept civil engineering road bridge natwest tower 19th century water transport nineteenth century PETER THOMPSON geographical feature TGN photograph Tower 42 Peter Thompson Thompson Peter Jones PTM Horace Jones Sir Horace Horace Sir Horace Jones Horace Jones photograph