Tower Bridge London: Operations Manual (1894 to Date)

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Tower Bridge London: Operations Manual (1894 to Date)
Tower Bridge is one of London s most recognisable landmarks. Visited by some 830,000 sightseers every year it is famous the world over as an icon of England s capital city. In 2019 the bridge celebrates its 125th anniversary. John M. Smith describes its genesis and construction, the larger-than-life characters that drove the project forward, and the novel technologies employed in the bridge s design and operation. Supported with a wealth of fascinating original drawings, historic and contemporary photographs, the Haynes Tower Bridge Manual takes readers the behind the scenes to reveal the innermost workings of this major London landmark.