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How one little boat (and me) held up miles of London traffic at Tower Bridge

Tom Scott | April 21, 2025



Tower Bridge is a tourist attraction these days: but first and foremost, it’s a working, lifting bridge. And river traffic comes first. • Thanks to the Tower Bridge team: they have details of their tours here: https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/

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REFERENCES:
Corporation of London (Tower Bridge) Act 1885, https://vlex.co.uk/vid/corporation-of-london-tower-808108441
Hansard debate on Tower Bridge 1970, https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1960-01-27/debates/9f990ccf-e0e0-439c-bdbb-ef42162e4c57/TowerBridge

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