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London Bridge granite, five-arched bridge formerly over the Thames, in London, England. It is 928 ft (283 m) long and was designed by John Rennie and built between 1824 and 1831. The early wooden bridge (963-75) was replaced (1176-1209) by a stone bridge with houses and a chapel. The buildings were removed from 1756 to 1762. The bridge was many times damaged by fire and was finally removed in 1832 after the opening of a new bridge in 1831. In 1968, London Bridge was dismantled and purchased by Lake Havasu City, Ariz. In 1973 a new concrete bridge replaced the old one. London Bridge was the only... Read more

London Bridge
...spanning the River Thames. The Old London Bridge of nursery-rhyme fame was built...and replaced in the 1820s by New London Bridge, designed and built by John Rennie...Ariz., as a tourist attraction. London Bridge London Bridge London Bridge Read more

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London bridge, for centuries the sole thread across the Thames, saw both ceremonial entries...with William Wallace (1305), was discontinued in 1661. Rennie's 1831 stone bridge was sold in 1969 and re‐erected in Arizona. Read more

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