The London Bridge
Lake Havasu City, AZ
Photo
by Leanne Hall
The
famed London Bridge which spanned the River Thames for almost 140
years, from the 1830's until 1968, now connects Lake Havasu City's
mainland and island! The bridge survived a terrorist attack in 1884
and the bombing from the Germans in both World Wars. But it could
not withstand the forces of nature, as it was sinking into the River
Thames' clay bottom. In 1968, the City of London decided to sell
its bridge for $2.6 million to Robert P. McCulloch, founder of Lake
Havasu City, who needed a bridge to connect the city to an island
in the lake. The island was created in order to remove an obstruction
that blocked water flow from the Colorado River into Thompson Bay.
It took three years to carefully take down, ship and reconstruct
the landmark bridge, and more than $7 million to rebuild it in Lake
Havasu City. But on October 10, 1971, London Bridge was officially
dedicated in Arizona before a crowd of 100,000.
To see
old London Bridge as it used to look like on the River Thames and
how it was dismantled before being shipped across the Atlantic to
America - click here: www.historyinfocus-london.co.uk
The
stone London Bridge was begun around the year 1176 and completed
in the early years of the 13th century. The first 'London Bridge'
was Roman and probably built of timber. Click
here to read more from www.bbc.co.uk
London Bridge: 2000 Years
of a River...
The very existence
of London came about because of its bridges. The Romans realized that
it was the most convenient place to bridge the Thames estuary, which
offers an excellent navigable routeway from the North Sea westwards
far into central England, and constructed a series of bridges, which
went out of use during the 4th century AD. The great stone bridge lined
with houses and shops was constructed c. 1176-1209, and it became one
of the most recognizable visual images of London between the 13th and
17th centuries.............read
more
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HISTORY
OF THE LONDON BRDIGE LAKE HAVASU
CITY, ARIZONA
RIVER THAMES
History of the London Bridge
