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The Engineer 150

March 1878: Tower Bridge

Published: 12 December 2006  04:20 PM
Source: The Engineer

The following report has just been submitted to the Metropolitan Board of Works by Sir Joseph Bazalgette:-

Memorials having been received from the Whitechapel District Board and the St. George-in-the-East and Rotherhithe Vestries, urging the necessity for a new bridge over the Thames below London Bridge, it was resolved – ‘That, with a view to meet the great and increasing traffic, form the north-east to the south-east of London, it be referred to the engineer to report as to the most advantageous position for a bridge across the Thames below London Bridge, which would be best suited to meet the pressing requirements of the public.’…

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