London's Tower Bridge to get facelift

by amyjudd | April 7, 2008 at 06:02 pm | 1181 views | 12 comments | 2 recommendations

One of London's most famous landmarks is getting a facelift - an $8 million facelift over the next four years.
Personally I like it just the way it is.

The British landmark will be stripped of its paint and repainted in traditional blue and white as part of plans announced Monday.

Work on the improvements are due to start in June or July, with the bridge remaining open until at least the winter of 2010.

The work will be funded by The City Bridge Trust charity.

The bridge beside Tower Hill has become one of London's most recognizable sites since the future king Edward VII opened it in 1894.

It is the only raising bridge in London and its middle sections are opened 1,000 times a year to allow ships to pass down the River Thames.

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mgrussell

at 21:26 on April 7th, 2008

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robert mclean images

at 04:11 on April 8th, 2008

I spotted this statue of the Girl & Dolphin by Tower Bridge whilst I was spending the day photographing famous landmarks along both banks of the Thames one day during autumn of 2007.

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Somitra

at 06:26 on April 8th, 2008

The view was magnificient , retouching a monument that is any way beautiful would make it as common as a buildings now.

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Lisa_Ulrich

at 10:34 on April 8th, 2008

This photo was taken from Tower Hill - I went to London and Cambridge on holiday.

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jmdorclm

at 11:37 on April 8th, 2008

We also went to the Tower Bridge experience - it takes you out over the Thames on the bridge catwalk, and shows you the old inner workings of the steam-powered lifting mechanism used for many years, now replaced by electronics.

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Celetmic

at 12:41 on April 8th, 2008

Tower of bridge by Célia and Michael, April 6, 2008 at 10.02 pm.
It snowed !!!

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luiza_cascon

at 18:26 on April 8th, 2008

just a photo i took when i visited london!
it was a great light in the end of the evening

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bCL Photo

at 05:51 on April 9th, 2008

This photo was taken from the Thames river in a cloudy March day.

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at 08:33 on April 9th, 2008

amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. Thank you for asking to post my photos taken last June, The Traditional blue colour is "Peacock" blue and was a favorite of Queen Victoria!