Industrialist Robert McCulloch and his associate C.V. Wood purchased the failing 1,000-foot bridge in April 1968 for $2,460,000 to serve as a centerpiece for Lake Havasu. The ambitious relocation required cataloging and numbering 10,276 individual exterior granite blocks so they could be dismantled and shipped across the Atlantic. While workers disassembled the historic crossing, London constructed a new concrete-and-steel replacement between 1967 and 1972 that opened to the public in March 1973.
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Severe sinking into the River Thames forced London officials to seek alternatives to main…: Severe sinking into the River Thames forced London officials to seek alternatives to maintaining the 1831 structure.
The transaction generated substantial funds that doubled the estimated dismantling cost o…: The transaction generated substantial funds that doubled the estimated dismantling cost of the original stone bridge.
London replaced the relocated granite crossing with a modern concrete-and-steel structure…: London replaced the relocated granite crossing with a modern concrete-and-steel structure that opened in March 1973.
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London’s famous bridge across the Thames river has suffered many travesties: it has fallen down time and time again, but still stood strong throughout.
The bridge that kept falling down
Circa AD 50-1176, several wooden iterations of the London Bridge were built again and again, only to fall due to storm, fire or ice damage. Then came the Old London Bridge, built in 1209 under the direction of Peter de Colechurch. The stone bridge was lined with houses and stood for more than 600 years, till an unfortunate fire took it out. The bridge’s history has been anything but a smooth crossing.
In 1831, it was eventually replaced by the New London Bridge. Designed by Scottish engineer John Rennie the Elder, its construction began in 1824, and the bridge officially opened on August 1, 1831.
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