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Tower Bridge Sunrise
£50.00 – £2,500.00
Tower Bridge is one of London’s defining Landmarks. Designed by architect Sir Horace Jones and civil engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry, it is a combined bascule and suspension bridge, crossing the River Thames close to the Tower of London. It was built between 1886 and 1894. It has two towers, in Victorian Gothic style, that are connected with two walkways. These are constructed so they can resist horizontal forces from suspended parts of the bridge. The base of each tower holds machines that lift two parts of the bridge so the bridge can allow the passage of river traffic beneath it.
Five companies and 432 workers worked on its construction. It has 70,000 tons of concrete in foundations only and some 10,000 tons of steel and is covered in Cornish granite and Portland stone as means of protection for steel structure and for the aesthetics of a beautifully appealing landmark.
Inspiration
Our Ninteenth century Tower Bridge
So Great, like English Language!
Such shimmer sighs of Sun’s relief
Suspension of our disbelief!
It draws us in and opens out
A whole new visionary doubt
Preventing us from changing side
To see where greener grasses hide
Then down and over tidal waves
And giving choices, so behaves
As bridges>
And crossing bridges>
In such reflection, we can tell
Salt of the earth and sea as well
This man-made gift to help us out
And choose directions round-about.
It stands with purpose, fills the gap
Our knowledge flowing like a tap
To open, close and gently wind
The inner workings of our mind!
And if we choose to drive across
Or row beneath to time our loss
Alone or in our smart land rover
Admiring London’s planes fly over.
A Nudge towards this draw bridge cuzzle;
A noisy hug, this jigsaw puzzle.
Resplendent in its sunrise haze;
A wondrous way to spend the days!
Inspiration
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