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City of London or not?

In the History > Opening section it states: It is the only one of the Trust's bridges not to connect the City of London to the Southwark bank, the northern landfall being in Tower Hamlets. However, in the "Tower Bridge today" section, in the caption to the first picture it states: The bridge connects The Borough (Southwark, south of the river, left of picture) to the heart of the City of London. Clearly both statements can't be true, but I'm afraid I don't know London well enough to know which (if either) is correct. Hoping someone with more knowledge can help. A Long September (talk) 14:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think the picture caption may be a case of poetic licence. Removing 'heart of' makes it factually correct. (I don't think mentioning Tower Hamlets here helps. It does connect to the City, albeit 'via Tower Hamlets'!)
In the opening section, we might need a qualifier about the bridge not being within the geographic limits of the City... ? -- EdJogg (talk) 17:10, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Done, although I have not changed the earlier text -- EdJogg (talk) 13:27, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I do think mentioning Tower Hamlets is important. If Tower Bridge is connected to The City of London by the sole virtue of the city neighbouring Tower Hamlets, then you could also argue that the bridge connects to Hackney. Nzseries1 (talk) 16:50, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have modified the text, and I think it addresses your concerns. The earlier text also mentions Tower Hamlets. The City is more significant than Hackney since the bridge is owned by the City... -- EdJogg (talk) 18:23, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Missing? Access to elevated walkways? Current pedestrian pathway?

The article is completely silent about access to the walkways (now closed, used only for exhibits?). Are there elevators? Or stairs only? Stair count? What is current pedestrian route? Right straight across same as vehicles? When the bridge is open, can pedestrians still cross by going over the upper route? I'm surprised at the silence given to the pedestrian aspect. 63.194.45.199 (talk) 18:15, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are pedestrian walkways on both sides of the bridge, at road level. These walkways are closed when the bridge opens for shipping. The upper walkways can be accessed via lifts or steps. The upper walkways are not accessible to pedestrians - they are used only by the 'Tower Bridge Experience' tourist, paying exhibition. The inaccessibility of the upper walkways to pedestrian traffic is a source of much inconvenience, particularly to commuters. Stxmld (talk) 20:29, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Photos of construction - found in a skip!

Here you go; they're clearly out of copyright: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertypicturegalleries/8923147/Photographs-of-Tower-Bridge-being-constructed-are-found-in-a-skip.html Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:38, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Image: London Thames Sunset panorama - Feb 2008.jpg = incorrect description

Tower Bridge does not connect with 'The Borough' on the south side of the Thames (that's London Bridge) it connects to Bermondsey, a different part of the London Borough of Southwark.

90.200.226.102 (talk) 17:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC) freddie 90.200.226.102 (talk) 17:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

colors

There reads: "The bridge's present colour scheme dates from 1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee." So, where is the red? I can see white and blue but not red. 85.217.36.130 (talk) 03:07, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

James Bond?

Wasn't the Tower Bridge also featured as a Secret Service Headquarter in a James Bond movie (or maybe a similar movie)? -- megA (talk) 10:43, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fatalities during construction

Is there a definitive list of the people killed during the construction of Tower Bridge? So far I can find

John Church 1887
William Carnegie 1893
Edward Burns 1894
The Evening Telegraph says there were ten fatalities. jmb (talk) 14:44, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

replica in Suzhou

No information about the replica in Suzhou?

This collection includes even the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Alexandre III Bridge and, of course, the Tower Bridge from London.

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2012/07/24/chinas-builds-tower-bridge/ http://travel.aol.co.uk/2012/07/05/tower-bridge-replica-china/ http://www.nadernazemi.org/2012/07/tower-bridge-in-china-suzhou-builds-its.html#!/2012/07/tower-bridge-in-china-suzhou-builds-its.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.204.102.130 (talk) 22:55, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Original hydraulic power source

Was the bridge powered by steam pumps right from the start? I remember being told that it was originally connected to the hydraulic mains and the steam engines were installed later, when the mains closed down? --Roly (talk) 13:51, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The London Hydraulic Main was still serving the Bridge when we installed the first half of the replacement machinery in the 1970s 20:48, 28 September 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeoffreyBH (talk • contribs)

Commencement of Construction

The date in the text was altered from 1886 to 1887 but no authority has been cited,

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