Title

The rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge, London

Caption

The rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge, London, 1934, (1935). London County Council demolished the old bridge which was damaged, and commissioned a new structure designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The project was placed on hold due to the Second World War. The only Thames bridge to have been damaged by German bombers during the war, it was not fully completed until 1945. From "The Silver Jubilee Book - The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures". [Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935]

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F24_070

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,1Mb (1,9Mb) / 13,8in x 17,8in / 4138 x 5333 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river building London England River Thames Thames people male man men arts worker construction site book guy bridge bridges British crane cranes geography railway structure building site concrete century Britain thirties literature civil engineering B&W MONOCHROME road bridge railway bridge waterloo Construction Industry waterloo bridge black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Lambeth rebuilding workers The Print Collector geographical feature TGN photograph Unknown Giles Gilbert Scott Scott Sir G Gilbert Scott Sir Giles Gilbert Scott G Gilbert Scott Odhams Press Ltd Giles Gilbert The Silver Jubilee Book photograph