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Duchess Walk, LONDON, SE1 2SA

A building/construction site on the south bank of the Thames, near Tower Bridge.

Tower Bridge was built between 1886 and 1894. Sir John Wolfe Barry was the engineer and Sir Horace Jones as the architect. The bridge was officially opened on 30th June 1894 by the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII), and his wife, The Princess of Wales (Alexandra of Denmark). The high-level open air walkways between the towers were closed in 1910 as they had gained an unpleasant reputation as a haunt for prostitutes and pickpockets. The walkways reopened in 1982 and are the main feature of the Tower Bridge Exhibition. A glass floor has been installed in part of the east walkway which gives a view of the roadway below - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5695680 The west walkway includes not only a glass floor but also a mirror on the ceiling which gives very unusual photographic opportunities. In 1974, the original operating mechanism was largely replaced by a new electro-hydraulic drive system. The Victorian engine rooms still house the original steam engines and some of the original hydraulic machinery and are visited as part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition although they are not now used to power the bridge.

St.Olave's occupied this site from 1855-1967. More recently, the building was Lambeth College's Tower Bridge Centre. It was reported, in September 2007, that a decision on Berkeley Homes' bid to turn the former St Olave's Grammar School, in Tooley Street, into a boutique hotel had been put on hold. This view is from Tower Bridge, and might well be blocked by a development of the foreground area.

Looking up the A100 Tower Bridge Road, The Tower can be seen on the opposite bank, to the left of the bridge. St Katharine Docks can be seen to the right of the bridge. Viewed from a Heathrow bound flight from Prague.

Former offices for Tower Bridge, on Tower Bridge Road.

Tower Bridge was built between 1886 and 1894. Sir John Wolfe Barry was the engineer and Sir Horace Jones as the architect. The bridge was officially opened on 30th June 1894 by the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII), and his wife, The Princess of Wales (Alexandra of Denmark). The high-level open air walkways between the towers were closed in 1910 as they had gained an unpleasant reputation as a haunt for prostitutes and pickpockets. The walkways reopened in 1982 and are the main feature of the Tower Bridge Exhibition. A glass floor has been installed in part of the east walkway which gives a view of the roadway below - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5695680 The west walkway includes not only a glass floor but also a mirror on the ceiling which gives very unusual photographic opportunities. In 1974, the original operating mechanism was largely replaced by a new electro-hydraulic drive system. The Victorian engine rooms still house the original steam engines and some of the original hydraulic machinery and are visited as part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition although they are not now used to power the bridge.

Tower Bridge was built between 1886 and 1894. Sir John Wolfe Barry was the engineer and Sir Horace Jones as the architect. The bridge was officially opened on 30th June 1894 by the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII), and his wife, The Princess of Wales (Alexandra of Denmark). The high-level open air walkways between the towers were closed in 1910 as they had gained an unpleasant reputation as a haunt for prostitutes and pickpockets. The walkways reopened in 1982 and are the main feature of the Tower Bridge Exhibition. A glass floor has been installed in part of the east walkway which gives a view of the roadway below - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5695680 The west walkway includes not only a glass floor but also a mirror on the ceiling which gives very unusual photographic opportunities. In 1974, the original operating mechanism was largely replaced by a new electro-hydraulic drive system. The Victorian engine rooms still house the original steam engines and some of the original hydraulic machinery and are visited as part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition although they are not now used to power the bridge.

This is Tudor House.

New apartments near City Hall.