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 London gets a bridge |
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| London Bridge, by Farington, 1790
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 A bridge is opened at Westminster |
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| Westminster Bridge, by Farington, 1789
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| Robert Mylne completes his new bridge at Blackfriars |
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| Blackfriars Bridge under construction, 1766
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 Richmond Bridge opens, costing a halfpenny to walk across |
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| Richmond Bridge, c.1850
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| Kew's second bridge is opened |
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| 'Old Kew Bridge', watercolour by Macdonald, 1897
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| Telford proposes a bold new London Bridge |
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| Telford's design for London Bridge, 1800
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| London's first iron bridge is completed at Vauxhall |
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| Vauxhall Bridge, 1820
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| John Rennie's new bridge commemorates a recent victory |
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| Waterloo Bridge, 1817
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| John Rennie completes a cast-iron bridge with the world's longest span |
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| Southwark Bridge, by Westall, c.1828
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| London's first suspension bridge opens at Hammersmith |
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| Hammersmith Bridge, 1828
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| Old London Bridge is demolished |
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| Brunel's suspension bridge serves Hungerford market |
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| Hungerford Bridge, by Shepherd, 1854
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| Chelsea Bridge opens, designed by Thomas Page |
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| Chelsea Bridge, c.1860
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| A tightrope walker crosses the Thames and draws the crowds |
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| The 'female Blondin' above Battersea Bridge, 1861
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| A suspension bridge is completed at Lambeth |
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| 'Old Lambeth Bridge', watercolour by Macdonald, 1906
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| The Hungerford Railway Bridge brings trains to Charing Cross Station |
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| Hungerford Railway Bridge, watercolour, c.1870
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| A railway bridge brings trains to Cannon Street |
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| Cannon Street Railway Bridge, by Crowther, 1892
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| Proposals are put forward for a new bridge near the Tower |
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| Design for a low-level Tower Bridge, by Barnett, 1876
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| Tower Bridge is opened |
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| Tower Bridge, by C.F. Kell, c.1894
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