Tower Bridge - River Thames from London Bridge - Old Billingsgate Market to the Tower of London : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Tower Bridge - River Thames from London Bridge - Old Billingsgate Market to the Tower of London / ell brown
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| 説明 | When we got off the tube at London Bridge I expected to see the bridge, and Tower Bridge. Finally we made it to the Modern London Bridge!Seems like as soon as you get to it from Southwark, you are in the City of London.I only went halfway up the bridge, before returning to Southwark and London Bridge Underground Station to go back to our hotel.Now to the side of the river with Tower Bridge.The view of Tower Bridge from London Bridge with HMS Belfast and London Bridge City Pier in front of it.Tower Bridge is Grade I listed.Tower Bridge (that Part That Lies Within the Borough of Southwark)SOUTHWARKTQ3380 TOWER BRIDGE ROAD636-1/2/793 Tower Bridge (that part that lies06/12/49 within the Borough of Southwark)IBridge. 1886-94. By Sir John Wolfe Barry, engineer and SirHorace Jones, architect. For the City Corporation.Low level bascule bridge with wider side spans hung fromcurved lattice girders; central narrower opening section.Steel structure with twin Gothic towers rising from 21.3m(70ft) broad piers which support the bascules and house theircounter balances.Towers clad in rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings; highpitched slate roofs behind stone battlemented parapet. Highlevel footbridges between the towers, incorporating tiesbetween the 2 suspended spans and linking whole bridgetogether as continuous structure. Tower of 4 stages withcorner turrets surmounted by pinnacles. Some architecturaldetailing added after Jones's death.Above archway, elaborate Gothic-style windows on each levelsurmounted by dormer feature in roof; moulded string coursesbetween floors. Lower approach tower (with twin on northside), in similar Gothic style and with a large ellipticalarchway spanning the road.Although the bascules were electrified in 1976, some of thehydraulic machinery by Armstrong Mitchell & Co., and the steampumping engines, are preserved under the south approachviaduct.Built onto east side of southern approach are accumulatortower and chimney stack (qv).See also London Borough of Tower Hamlets.Tower Bridge (that Part in London Borough of Tower Hamlets), Stepney 1. TOWER BRIDGE EC3 & E1 4431 Tower Bridge (That part in London Borough of Tower Hamlets) TQ 3380 21/722 I GV 2. Opened 1894. Designed by Sir John Wolfe Barry with architectural features by Sir Horace Jones. Bascule bridge with suspended bridge approach and high level footbridges between twin stone towers. French chateau influence. Massive cast iron balustrades. Hydraulic machinery still used to open bridge. The rest of the bridge is in Southwark LB. Tower Bridge and its approach form a group with the London Hydraulic Power Co Subways Entrance, 8 Bollards outside the main entrance to The Tower of London, the Tower itself, the Queens Stairs, Tower Hill. Listing NGR: TQ3369780338One last look at Tower Bridge, with Old Billingsgate Market, The Custom House and the Tower of London on the left. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-11-26 14:57:07 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | London, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/400) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.0 |