Sujet

Tower Bridge with bascules closed and barges passing under at high water, London, c1905. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Tower Bridge with bascules closed and barges passing under at high water, London, c1905. 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

1905

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B04_056

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,5Mo (1,6Mo) / 41,8cm x 30,3cm / 4935 x 3574 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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 MONOCHROME road bridge bascule bridge 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery geographical feature TGN photograph Unknown Jones Horace Jones Sir Horace Horace Sir Horace Jones glass plate negative