Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames in London, opened on 30 June 1894 by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. It was built to provide a new crossing in the busy East End without blocking the river to tall ships heading for the Pool of London. The design was by Horace Jones, who chose a Gothic style to suit the nearby Tower of London, with engineering by John Wolfe Barry. The central roadway splits in two and is raised to let large vessels pass, and walkways high above connect the towers. The bridge is often mistaken for London Bridge and is one of the city's best-known landmarks.
Before and after
- 16 April 1894Founding of Manchester City F.C.
- 27 May 1894Birth of Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- 23 June 1894Founding of International Olympic Committee
- 23 June 1894Birth of Edward VIII
- 30 June 1894Construction of Tower Bridge
- 13 July 1894Birth of Gavrilo Princip
- 26 July 1894Birth of Aldous Huxley
- from 1 August 1894 to 17 April 1895First Sino-Japanese War
- December 1894Construction of Reichstag
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1792Publication of Dream of the Red Chamber
- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- 18 September 1851Founding of The New York Times
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- 1909Rise of Futurism
The era
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