Tower Bridge, London Size:S: 45 x 30cm People crowd towards the makeshift

People crowd towards the makeshift platform made from a cart where Hunt sits

rope-dancer

Two women carrying baskets of 'Rare Meltin' and 'Stewing' oysters on their heads

A man looks at the hind quarters of a dappled grey shire horse

Tower Bridge, London Size:S: 45 x 30cm People crowd towards the makeshiftTower 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.