Tower Bridge, London mb-width 5109 while a flock of birds

while a flock of birds circles overhead

An oyster seller

Scene showing a stout man crowned with barley and poppies and bound in a sheaf of barley

With a woman and washing line in the foreground

Aerial view of Charterhouse

Tower Bridge, London mb-width 5109 while a flock of birdsTower Bridge, London, c1907. View of the bridge with bascules closed and various river vessels in the foreground. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894. It was designed so that the central section could be raised to allow the passage of ships to and from the busy wharves of London.