4.9K views · 60 reactions | The Bascule/Drawbridge at Arbroath Harbour was up tonight to try and get a yacht into the boatbuilders . There were a few technical issues so down it came again . Does anyone know the history of the bridge? Can’t find much online about it樂 | Strange Places in Scotland | Facebook

The construction of Tower Bridge, London’s defining landmark, started in 1886 and took eight years and 432 labourers under the watchful eye of Sir John Wolfe Barry. It’s made of 11,000 tonnes of steel, clad in Cornish Granite and Portland Stone. The bridge was opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales with great celebrations, on 30th June, 1894. When it was built, Tower Bridge was the largest and most sophisticated steam hydraulic bascule bridge ever completed ('bascule' comes from the French w

677K views · 7K reactions | Modern bridge construction process Cre: Technological Power | Technological Power | Facebook