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7/29/2019 Landmarks in London

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Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge has stood

over the River Thames in

London since 1894 and is

one of the finest, most

recognisable bridges inthe World. It is the

London bridge you tend

to see in movies and on

advertising literature forLondon. Tower Bridge is

the only Thames bridge

which can be raised.


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Its middle section can be

raised to permit large

vessels to pass the

Tower Bridge. Massive

engines raise the bridgesections, which weigh

about 1000 tons each, in

just over a minute. It used

to be raised about 50times a day, but

nowadays it is only raised

4 to 5 times a week.


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The Monument

The Monument is a 61 metre(202 feet) tall stone Romandoric column in the heart of theCity of London. It wasdesigned by Sir Christopher

Wren, and erected between1671 and 1677, as the City'smemorial to the Great Fire in1666. The monument is thetallest single stone column inthe world and contains a spiral

staircase leading to a viewingplatform from which you cansee some remarkable views ofthe city.


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The fire began in a baker'shouse in Pudding Lane onSunday 2nd September 1666and finally extinguished onWednesday 5th September,

after destroying the greaterpart of the City. Thesignificance of its 61 metre(202 feet) height is thedistance to the bakery onPudding Lane that was the

suspected source of the firethat destroyed the city.


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The top of the monument

is reached by climbing up

the narrow winding

staircase of 311 steps. A

cage was added in themid-19th century at the

top of the Monument to

prevent people jumping

off, after six people hadcommitted suicide

between 1788 and 1842.


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The west side of the base

displays a sculpture, by Caius

Gabriel Cibberith showing King

Charles II, and his brother,

James, the Duke of York (later

James II) surrounded by

Liberty, Architecture, and

Science, giving directions for

its restoration.


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Cleopatra's Needle

Cleopatra's Needle is locatedon the Thames Embankmentin London close to theEmbankment undergroundstation. The Obelisk was

actually constructed forTuthmose III and is carved withHieroglyphics praisingTuthmose and commemoratinghis third sed festival. Laterinscriptions were added by

Ramesses II to commemoratehis victories.


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The London Eye

The British Airways London

Eye (Millennium Wheel) stands

135 metres (443 feet) high on

the South Bank of the River

Thames between Westminster

and Hungerford Bridges. It is

the world's highest observation

wheel.


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The wheel wasconstructed in sectionswhich were floated up theriver Thames on bargesand assembled lying flat

on pontoons. Once thewheel was complete itwas raised into its uprightposition by cranes,initially being lifted at a

rate of about 2 degreesper hour until it reached65 degrees. The totalweight of steel in the Eyeis 1,700 tonnes.


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