Sujet

Tower Bridge with bascules raised, London, c1955. Creator: Arthur Charles Kirby Ware.

Légende

Tower Bridge with bascules raised, London, c1955. 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

1950

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ware in the World

Notre référence

HRM26A28_417

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

71.9Mo (1.6Mo) / 48.3cm x 37.3cm / 5709 x 4401 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel exterior outdoors river building buildings London England River Thames Thames technology architecture engineering bridge bridges British geography color structure Gothic Victorian century city of london Tower Bridge Britain civil engineering United Kingdom architectural style tourist attraction fifties bascule bridge 1950s Colour Southwark Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival 20th century Victorian Gothic tourism decade geographical feature TGN outside photograph landscape ACK Ware Ware in the World Arthur Charles Kirby Ware Ware Arthur Charles Kirby Ware ACK Ware A.C.K. A.C.K. Ware A C K Ware Ware A C K Jock Ware Ware Jock