Comments on: Tower Bridge and the Tower of London http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/23/tower-bridge-and-the-tower-of-london/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/23/tower-bridge-and-the-tower-of-london/comment-page-1/#comment-25113 Kevin Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:39:33 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=520#comment-25113 The note above claiming that bulldozers were seen narrowing the channell in Lake Havasu is also false. The bridge was reassembled on dry land. There was no Channel prior to the bridge. It was built on a peninsula, and then the channel was dug specifically for the ability to go under the newly assembled London Bridge which now connects mainland Airizona to the created island. The note above claiming that bulldozers were seen narrowing the channell in Lake Havasu is also false. The bridge was reassembled on dry land. There was no Channel prior to the bridge. It was built on a peninsula, and then the channel was dug specifically for the ability to go under the newly assembled London Bridge which now connects mainland Airizona to the created island.

]]> By: Joshua http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/23/tower-bridge-and-the-tower-of-london/comment-page-1/#comment-11277 Joshua Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:36:41 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=520#comment-11277 I'm sorry John Hartnup (and those who claim the bridge fits so therefore it can't have been the wrong one) Fact: London Bridge is less than 1 mile upstream from Tower Bridge. Fact: The Thames doesn't taper significantly this far upstream Therefore, the span of London Bridge and Tower Bridge is almost identical and arguments along this train of thought are clearly uninformed. I seriously doubt the claim (often quoted as fact) that McCulloch thought he was buying the other - as a rather successful businessman he is probably more competent than most when it comes to due diligence. Add to that the fact that McCulloch strongly denied these claims. This "gem" is up there with the claim that Americans don't get irony. Has anyone actually seen American comedies/sitcoms? Disclosure: I am from NZ and do not care either way. I’m sorry John Hartnup (and those who claim the bridge fits so therefore it can’t have been the wrong one)

Fact: London Bridge is less than 1 mile upstream from Tower Bridge.
Fact: The Thames doesn’t taper significantly this far upstream

Therefore, the span of London Bridge and Tower Bridge is almost identical and arguments along this train of thought are clearly uninformed. I seriously doubt the claim (often quoted as fact) that McCulloch thought he was buying the other – as a rather successful businessman he is probably more competent than most when it comes to due diligence. Add to that the fact that McCulloch strongly denied these claims.

This “gem” is up there with the claim that Americans don’t get irony. Has anyone actually seen American comedies/sitcoms?

Disclosure: I am from NZ and do not care either way.

]]> By: Rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/23/tower-bridge-and-the-tower-of-london/comment-page-1/#comment-5715 Rob Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:05:08 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=520#comment-5715 I work just a couple of minutes from here - I walk past the Tower of London to the Tube station here http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.509904,-0.075885&spn=0.002436,0.007114&t=k&hl=en every day. By the way, you can't see it very well on this image, but the dark line running north to south at the centre of the pic, between the large brown building and the main east-west road, is one of the only remaining sections of the Roman wall around the City. Incidentally I don't think it's true to say that Tower Bridge is "often" referred to as London Bridge - certainly the vast majority of the tourists I encounter know perfectly well what it's called. I work just a couple of minutes from here – I walk past the Tower of London to the Tube station here Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth every day. By the way, you can’t see it very well on this image, but the dark line running north to south at the centre of the pic, between the large brown building and the main east-west road, is one of the only remaining sections of the Roman wall around the City.

Incidentally I don’t think it’s true to say that Tower Bridge is “often” referred to as London Bridge – certainly the vast majority of the tourists I encounter know perfectly well what it’s called.

]]> By: Dan Jang http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/23/tower-bridge-and-the-tower-of-london/comment-page-1/#comment-5558 Dan Jang Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:19:18 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=520#comment-5558 more about the raven & the raven master in a recent BBC news article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4098894.stm pretty interesting, really more about the raven & the raven master in a recent BBC news article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4098894.stm

pretty interesting, really

]]> By: John Hartnup http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/23/tower-bridge-and-the-tower-of-london/comment-page-1/#comment-5538 John Hartnup Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:55:01 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=520#comment-5538 At Lake Havasu City, they claim this story is false. "Look" they say "the bridge fits perfectly. Don't you think someone spending all that money on a bridge would check it out, see it, measure it, and make sure it fits the space it's intended for." However, footage of the reconstruction of the bridge at Lake Havasu shows bulldozers spreading out sand to narrow the lake at that point... At Lake Havasu City, they claim this story is false. “Look” they say “the bridge fits perfectly. Don’t you think someone spending all that money on a bridge would check it out, see it, measure it, and make sure it fits the space it’s intended for.”

However, footage of the reconstruction of the bridge at Lake Havasu shows bulldozers spreading out sand to narrow the lake at that point…

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