Tower Bridge, London mb-width 5109 Plan of Guildhall and the

Plan of Guildhall and the neighbourhood around Guildhall

An oyster seller

Map of the City of London and surrounding area showing the extent of damage caused by the Great Fire of London in 1666

while a flock of birds circles overhead

Tower Bridge, London mb-width 5109 Plan of Guildhall and theTower 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.