BBC World Service
Spanning the World: London Bridge
30 July 2010
Produced by Eleanor McDowall
In the final part of this series we return to London - to examine a bridge which has become more famours for its tendency to collapse than its initial construction. London Bridge has been built and rebuilt on the same site since 50AD. The first bridge to be constructed over the Thames in London and the centre point for the original 'Londinium' settlement. Most famous for 'falling down' it has also been burnt down, shattered by tornado, rammed by a warship, destroyed by Queen Boudicca and dismantled and flown to Arizona by an American oil magnate.
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