OPENING OF THE TOWER BRIDGE

BOWCHER, Frank: England, 1894, Bronze, 76 mm
Obv: Princess Alexandra, Queen Victoria and Prince of Wales
Rev: View of Tower Bridge from down stream south bank. Above, within branches, is the mark of the Bridge House Estates.    TOWER BRIDGE OPENED 30TH JUNE 1894
Exergue: A shield charged with the arms of the City of London dividing the inscription:  ON BEHALF OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA BY HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES
Mintage: 450
Issued by the Corporation of the City of London (#27)
Ref: BHM 422/3476; Eimer 208/1790; Taylor 225 a; Forrer p. 135 (illustrated)

The bascule bridge is over the river Thames at Tower Hill. Sir Horace Jones was architect and John Wolfe-Barry the engineer. The upper fixed bridge was for pedestrians when the lower level drawbridge was opened.

LINK to the Tower Bridge (from pbs.org)

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