Demolition of London Bridge, London
Demolition of the 19th century London Bridge, which opened in 1831. The bridge was dismantled and sold to an American entrepreneur, Robert P McCulloch of McCulloch Oil, for US $2, 460, 000. Each piece was numbered to aid reassembly. It was reconstructed at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and re-dedicated in 1971. It now spans the Bridgewater Channel canal leading from Lake Havasu to Thomson Bay, and forms the centrepiece of a theme park in English style, complete with a Tudor period shopping mall. The Bridge has become Arizona's second-biggest tourist attraction, after the Grand Canyon
Picture No
11037991
Media ID
46717892
Size
5184px x 3360px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON
Source
Photograph by David Lewis Hodgson
Date
1967
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