Tower Bridge is a tourist attraction these days: but first and foremost, it's a working, lifting bridge. And river traffic comes first. • Thanks to the Tower Bridge team: they have details of their tours here: https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/

Produced by: Cambria Bailey-Jones
Edited by: Guy Larsen
Camera: Jamie MacLeod
2nd Unit Camera: Jimmy Blake
Drone Director: Matthew Bateman
Drone Operators: Ian Hunter, Phil Conrad

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REFERENCES:
Corporation of London (Tower Bridge) Act 1885, https://vlex.co.uk/vid/corporation-of...
Hansard debate on Tower Bridge 1970, https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons...

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