Abutm

ent

Basc

ule

Bric

k

Brid

ge

Brid

ge M

aste

r

Caisso

ns

Chain

s

Concre

te

Engin

e

George

Ste

venso

n

Hora

ce Jo

nes

John W

Barry

(By the way, his full nam

ew

as John Wolfe-B

arry!)

Opera

tor

Pie

r

Riv

ets

Road

Ship

s

Ste

el

Tham

es

Tow

er

Walkw

ays

TOW

ER BRID

GE W

ORD

SEARC

H

Tow

er B

ridge

is one o

f __

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's most fa

mous la

ndm

arks,

whic

h w

as b

uilt d

urin

g the re

ign o

f __

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__

. It first opened o

n

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__

afte

r eigh

t years o

f constru

ctio

n.

Tow

er B

ridge

solv

ed a

big p

roble

m: Lo

ndon n

eeded a

river c

rossin

g for

__

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__

whic

h w

ould

also

allo

w _

__

__

__

__

__

__

_ to

journ

ey

up a

nd d

ow

n th

e R

iver Th

am

es. S

o th

ere

was a

com

petitio

n. A

ll sorts o

f

design

s were

subm

itted. In

the e

nd, _

__

__

__

__

_ _

__

__

__

__

__

had th

e

best id

ea. H

is bridge

inclu

ded _

__

__

__

__

__

__

_ w

hic

h c

ould

be ra

ised to

let sh

ips th

rough

and _

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__

__

_ _

__

__

__

_ _

__

__

__

_ so

that p

edestria

ns

could

walk a

cro

ss the b

ridge

while

the b

asc

ule

s were

open. Yo

u’ll h

ave a

great v

iew

of Lo

ndon fro

m u

p th

ere

!

It took _

__

__

_ ye

ars to

build

Tow

er B

ridge

, from

the b

otto

m u

p. Th

ere

are

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

rivets in

the b

ridge

– a

ll set b

y hand.

Tow

er B

ridge

is a m

arve

l of V

ictoria

n e

ngin

eerin

g. Massive

__

__

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__

__

__

__

__

__

_ ge

nera

ted e

nergy to

raise

the b

asc

ule

s. You c

an v

isit the

Engin

e R

oom

s to se

e h

ow

they w

orke

d.

Activ

ity Sheet fo

r Child

ren

HIS

TO

RY

: Tow

er B

ridg

e is

one

of

LO

ND

ON

's m

ost

fam

ous

land

mar

ks, w

hich

was

bui

lt du

ring

the

reig

n of

QU

EE

N V

ICT

OR

IA.

It fir

st o

pene

d on

30t

h J

UN

E 1

894

afte

r ei

ght y

ears

of c

onst

ruct

ion.

Tow

er B

ridg

e so

lved

a b

ig p

robl

em: L

ondo

n ne

eded

a r

iver

cro

ssin

gfo

r T

RA

FF

IC w

hich

wou

ld a

lso

allo

w S

HIP

S t

o jo

urne

y up

and

dow

n th

e R

iver

Tha

mes

. So

ther

e w

as a

com

petit

ion.

All

sort

s of

desi

gns

wer

e su

bmitt

ed. I

n th

e en

d, H

OR

AC

E J

ON

ES

had

the

bes

tid

ea. H

is b

ridg

e in

clud

ed B

AS

CU

LE

S w

hich

cou

ld b

e ra

ised

to

let

ship

s th

roug

h an

d H

IGH

LE

VE

L W

AL

KW

AY

S so

that

ped

estr

ians

coul

d w

alk

acro

ss th

e br

idge

whi

le th

e ba

scul

es w

ere

open

. You

’ll h

ave

a gr

eat

view

of L

ondo

n fr

om u

p th

ere!

It t

ook

8 y

ears

to

build

Tow

erBr

idge

, fro

m t

he b

otto

m u

p. T

here

are

2 M

ILL

ION

riv

ets

in t

hebr

idge

– a

ll se

t by

han

d. T

ower

Bri

dge

is a

mar

vel o

f Vic

tori

anen

gine

erin

g. M

assi

ve S

TE

AM

EN

GIN

ES

gen

erat

ed e

nerg

y to

rai

seth

e ba

scul

es. Y

ou c

an v

isit

the

Engi

ne R

oom

s to

see

how

the

y w

orke

d.

IDE

NT

IFY

TH

E L

AN

DM

AR

KS

: Fro

m le

ft to

rig

ht: C

ity H

all,

the T

ower

of L

ondo

n, St

. Pau

l’s C

athe

dral

, HM

S Belfast

, The

Mon

umen

t,an

d th

e G

herk

in.

AN

SWERS:

HY

DR

AU

LIC

E

NE

RG

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Coa

l 2. B

oile

r 3.

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am E

ngin

e4.

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umul

ator

5. B

ridg

e D

rive

r

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VISIT CH

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Exterior of the Bridge:

the P

iers

the To

wers

the B

asc

ule

s

From the H

igh Level Walkw

ays:

HM

S B

elfa

st

City H

all

The M

onum

ent

The G

herkin

Tow

er o

f London

London E

ye

In the Engine Rooms:

the B

oile

r

the C

oal S

tore

the S

team

Engin

es

the A

ccum

ula

tors C

anary W

harf

St. K

ath

arin

e’s D

ocks

St. P

aul’s C

ath

edra

l

Old

Billin

gsgate

Marke

t

London B

ridge

Brid

ge L

ift video

the M

oto

rcyc

le w

hic

h

jum

ped a

cro

ss Tow

er

Brid

ge in

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WH

ERE’S THE M

ISSING

HA

LF?D

raw

the m

issing h

alf o

f Tow

er B

ridge

. Or, if yo

u’re

up fo

r a

real c

halle

nge

, dra

w a

brid

ge o

f your O

WN

design

.

UN

TIL 1976, THE B

ASC

ULES O

F TOW

ER BRIDG

E WERE PO

WERED

BY HYD

RAU

LIC EN

ERGY.

Usin

g hyd

raulics to

open th

e ba

scule

s was q

uite

a p

roce

ss. Put th

ese

steps

in th

e c

orre

ct o

rder. (

You’ll fin

d th

e a

nsw

ers in

the E

ngin

e R

oom

s!)

Chain

s

Abutm

ent

Tow

er

Pie

r

Tow

er

Basc

ule

Walkw

ay

The STEA

M EN

GIN

E pum

ped w

ate

r at

enorm

ous p

ressu

re.

CO

AL w

as

use

d a

s fuel.

The A

CC

UM

ULA

TOR

store

d h

ydra

ulic

energy.

The B

OILER

heate

d

wate

r to cre

ate

steam

.

The B

RIDG

E DRIVER

opened th

e b

ridge

!

WH

AT D

O YO

U SEE FRO

M TH

E HIG

H LEVEL W

ALKW

AYS?

How

many o

f these

London la

ndm

arks c

an yo

u id

entify?