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Description: Article from the 1930's Wonders of World Engineering. Also includes a diagram of a section through one of the bascules.
Tower Bridge Picture and Description Scroll Down for building description BHA have been involved in the engineering aspects of Tower Bridge since designing the present electro-hydraulic drive system in 1974 . The article below, from a 1930's partwork, describes the building of the bridge and gives some details, albeit in the imperial measure of the day. Tons are imperial long tons, approximately equal to a metric tonne; one foot is 0.3048 metre.
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Page title:Tower Bridge Picture and Description
Keywords:arbitrator, mediator, engineer, expert, arbitration, mediation, adjudicator, computer, ADR, adr, tower, Tower, bridge, London, Bascule
Description:International arbitrator mediator conciliator and engineer Geoffrey M. Beresford Hartwell has been involved with The Tower Bridge, London, for over twenty-five years.
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