http://www.thetowerbridge.info Restoring the Most Famous Bridge in the World Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:20:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-before-the-restoration.html http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-before-the-restoration.html#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:35:15 +0000 admin http://www.thetowerbridge.info/?p=2251 A selection of images showing Tower Bridge before the start of the three restoration project. Beginning in March 2008, the scope of the essential works was to strip away the old layers of paint and repaint all the steelwork. The Tower Bridge Exhibition remained open throughout the process but the impressive spectacle of the raising [...]]]> http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-before-the-restoration.html/feed 0 http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/raised-bascule-during-the-restoration-of-tower-bridge.html http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/raised-bascule-during-the-restoration-of-tower-bridge.html#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:58:09 +0000 admin http://www.thetowerbridge.info/?p=2226 During the night-time road closures, the bascules were raised to expose the defective parts that cannot be reached when the bascules are in the down position. Each bascule weighs over 1,000 tons and can be raised to an angle of 86 degrees. The repainting of Tower Bridge was completed in March 2011.]]> http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/raised-bascule-during-the-restoration-of-tower-bridge.html/feed 0 http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/views-from-the-east-walkway.html http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/views-from-the-east-walkway.html#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:53:42 +0000 admin http://www.thetowerbridge.info/?p=1447 Stunning views from the East Walkway of Tower Bridge showing the River Thames and the North and South Towers. The River Thames is Great Britain’s second longest river and stretches for 215 miles from its source in the Cotswold Hills to the open sea near Southend in Essex. Keep up to date on the restoration [...]]]> http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/views-from-the-east-walkway.html/feed 1 http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-walkways.html http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-walkways.html#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:08:04 +0000 admin http://www.thetowerbridge.info/?p=1309 In 1910 the high level Walkways were closed to the public due to lack of use. People arriving on the bridge preferred to wait at street level for it to close rather then heading up the stairs carrying their heavy loads. In 1982, as part of the new Tower Bridge Exhibition, visitors to the bridge [...]]]> http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-walkways.html/feed 0 http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-restoration-images.html http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-restoration-images.html#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:55:01 +0000 admin http://www.thetowerbridge.info/?p=1119 A gallery of images taken by Harris Digital Productions showing key stages of the restoration of Tower Bridge so far, which includes grit blasting, painting the Suspension Chains and erecting scaffolding. The upcoming stage of the restoration focuses on the high level walkways, which are 42 metres above the River Thames. You can follow the [...]]]> http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/tower-bridge-restoration-images.html/feed 3 http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/images-of-tower-bridge.html http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/images-of-tower-bridge.html#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:44:42 +0000 admin http://www.thetowerbridge.info/?p=1085 A gallery of images taken by Harris Digital Productions showing Tower Bridge, including views of the North East Suspension Chain as seen from the top of Tower Bridge, the North Tower, plus the bascules and the Walkways. You can find more images of Tower Bridge on our Diary pages. Over the next few days, we [...]]]> http://www.thetowerbridge.info/gallery/images-of-tower-bridge.html/feed 0