Thames Tour – The Millennium Bridge, Bradshaw’s HandBook, no.108
Blackfriars Bridge should be our next stop, but since Mr Bradshaw’s time a new bridge has intervened – the Millennium Bridge.
Exploring with my camera
Blackfriars Bridge should be our next stop, but since Mr Bradshaw’s time a new bridge has intervened – the Millennium Bridge.
The next bridge after London Bridge is the Cannon Street Railway Bridge which was designed by John Hawkshaw and John Wolfe-Barry for the South Eastern Railway and built 1863-66, slightly after Mr Bradshaw’s Guide.
After savouring the delights of London Mr Bradshaw offers ‘A complete steamboat companion for summer excursions, Hampton Court to the Nore’. Part I is upriver. In 1895 a steamer left London Bridge at 10.00am in the summer, calling at all … Continued
‘…Through Bishop’s Walk, whence across the river an excellent view can be gained of the New Houses of Parliament, and Stangate, a famous spot for boat-builders, we come to the Westminster Bridge Road, at the commencement of which is Astley’s … Continued