It was opened in London in 1894 and has since been used for tourism and commute purposes. Guided tours have an additional cost and a BSL tour is also available. The Tower Bridge is one of the most iconic bridges in the world. A standard adult ticket for a self-guided visit costs £11.40 with a variety of discounted rates listed on the website. Tower Bridge is open for visitors daily from 9:30am to 8pm with last entry at 5pm. The official website lists times that the bridge is scheduled to lift. There is a shop on site with London souvenirs. It has two towers, in Victorian Gothic style, that are connected with two walkways that are constructed so they can resist horizontal forces from suspended parts of the bridge. Image now in the archives of the Nationaal Archief in The Hague, The Netherlands. A ticket also includes the opportunity to explore the towers and the panoramic views from the high-level walkways with their 11.5-metre-long glass floors (which are five layers thick and strong enough to support the weight of four black cabs). Tower Bridge, one of the London’s most famous landmarks, is a bascule and suspension bridge on River Thames. A German U-Boat captured during the Great War (World War I), being transported up the River Thames in front of Tower Bridge. The bridge was painted in patriotic colours to celebrate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, was opened to the public as a tourist attraction in 1982, and played an important role in the Opening Ceremony of London’s 2012 Olympic Games.Ī visit to Tower Bridge takes guests back to Victorian London where the old steam engines, coal-fired boilers, accumulators and drivetrains are preserved and on display in the Engine Rooms. De brug wordt weleens verward met de monumentale Tower Bridge. Het is de oudste rivierovergang in de stad. London Bridge is een van de bekendste bruggen over de Theems in Londen. Since 1976, the hydraulic system has been operated by oil and electricity instead. De middeleeuwse London Bridge op een gravure van Claes Van Visscher uit 1616. The power was stored and readily available to lift the bridge when needed, which was approximately 20-30 times per day. Designed by Sir Horace Jones, it was one of the most sophisticated designs of its kind at the time, lifting for ships to pass through with the power of steam-driven hydraulics and pumping engines. One of the most recognisable bridges in the world, Tower Bridge was constructed across the Thames in the late 1800s.

Old tower bridge