July 1st 2014. Tower Bridge 120th Anniversary.

[Carruthers]

Firstly, a note of apology to Dwellars who are less than enthralled by Victorian civil engineering.

I realise that this is the third topic concerning bridges that I have posted in the last few days but, like London buses, you wait ages for one then three turn up at once.

Perhaps you'll be kind enough to indulge me just once more.

London's iconic Tower Bridge is 120 years old. Here we take a look at some facts, figures and fabulous photographs from one of the capital's favourite landmarks.

It took eight years to build Tower Bridge. There were 432 construction workers were employed on the project.

Standing 293ft tall, its two main towers are giant steel frames clad in Portland stone and Cornish granite, in keeping with the neighbouring Tower of London

Daily Telegraph