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Latitude: 51.5062 / 51°30'22"N
Longitude: -0.075 / 0°4'29"W
OS Eastings: 533697
OS Northings: 180338
OS Grid: TQ336803
Mapcode National: GBR WG.97
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.ND7Q
Plus Code: 9C3XGW4G+F2
Entry Name: Tower Bridge (That Part in London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
Listing Date: 27 September 1973
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1357515
English Heritage Legacy ID: 206282
ID on this website: 101357515
Location: Wapping, Tower Hamlets, London, EC3N
County: London
District: Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward/Division: St Katharine's & Wapping
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Tower Hamlets
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Tagged with: Suspension bridge Gothic Revival Road bridge Tourist attraction Bascule bridge Steel bridge
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: TQ3369780338
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