Brannigan - Tower Bridge - London, England, UK
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N 51° 30.392 W 000° 04.479
30U E 703007 N 5710213
Tower Bridge was constructed in an ornate Victorian Gothic style in 1894.
Waymark Code: WMDAHY
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/14/2011
Views: 71
Construction of this bridge began in 1886 and completed June 30, 1894.
Sir Horace Jones was the original architect and when he died in 1887, George D. Stevenson took over the project. The bridge was designed to blend with the nearby Tower of London. It is a combined suspension and moving (bascule) bridge.
Wikipedia (
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Another (copyrighted) photo of Wayne on the Bridge can be seen at the IMDB website at (
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