Sujet

Erection of Emergency Thames Bridge, London, 1942. Artist: Unknown.

Légende

Erection of Emergency Thames Bridge, London, 1942. View through the bridge from the South Bank while erection of the steelwork by cantilevering was in progress. The London County Council erected several of these emergency bridges over the River Thames during World War 2: this is site 1.

Date

1942

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B05_065

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

27,9Mo (934,7Ko) / 30,0cm x 23,4cm / 3539 x 2759 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river building London England River Thames Thames metal construction steel bridge geography railway war girder century wartime concept B&W 1940s MONOCHROME Forties Construction Industry World War II World War two WWII Council black & white black and white B W sleeper world war 2 20th century cantilever Lambeth Guildhall Library & Art Gallery decade geographical feature Greater London Council London County Council Second World War TGN WW2 photograph GLC 2nd World War Unknown LCC emergency bridge