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The bridge connected Iron Gate, on the north bank of the river, with Horselydown Lane, on the south – now known as Tower Bridge Approach and Tower Bridge Road, respectively. [21] Until the bridge was opened, the Tower Subway – 0.25 mi (400 m) to the west – was the shortest way to cross the river from Tower Hill to Tooley Street in Southwark .
Tower Bridge had opened to allow the £400,000 Thames sailing barge now transformed into a 1,394 sq ft houseboat underneath. The nearly 100-year-old SB Adieu had been on a mooring at St Katharine ...
Tower Bridge Bascule bridge, steel bridge, road bridge, tourist attraction, suspension bridge: 51°30′20″N 0°4′31″W: 21 Jun 1886: Tower Subway Utility tunnel, tube railway (until Dec 1870), pedestrian tunnel (from Dec 1870) 51°30′30″N 0°4′44″W: 2 Aug 1870
the London Inner Ring Road from Old Street to Tower Bridge. There are three River Thames road crossings in the Borough. [96] From west-east, these are: Tower Bridge (Tower Hill to Southwark and Bermondsey) Rotherhithe Tunnel (the A13 at Limehouse to Canada Water) Blackwall Tunnel (the A12 and A13 at Poplar to Greenwich)
London Bridge City Pier: Thames Clippers RB1, RB2 and RB6 London Bridge: HMS Belfast Southwark Cathedral: 25 Tower Pier: Thames Clippers RB1, RB2 and RB6 Tower Hill Tower Gateway Fenchurch Street: Tower of London Tower Bridge: Managed by TfL 26 Tower Bridge Quay: Thames River Sightseeing: Tower Hill Tower Gateway: St Katharine Docks Tower of ...
St Saviour's Dock, looking north toward the Thames. The street Shad Thames is named as such in John Rocque's 1747 map of London. [1] The name may be a corruption of 'St John-at-Thames', a reference to the St John's Church which once stood south-west of the street, where the present-day London City Mission is located [2] Alternatively it may be from shad fish, which could be found in the Thames.
Hundreds of vessels pass Tower Bridge. The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant was a parade on 3 June 2012 of 670 boats on the Tideway of the River Thames in London as part of the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Queen, Prince Philip and other members of the Royal Family were aboard vessels that took part in the parade.
Tower Bridge Quay (previously St. Katharine's Pier) is a river transport pier on the River Thames, in London, England.It is owned & operated by Woods River Cruises trading as Woods' Silver Fleet and served by various river transport and cruise operators.