Going down 01 Coming through

Going down

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May 6th 2007
Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236This afternoon I headed down to the Tower of London for a view of Tower Bridge going down. When I arrived the bridge was up and a few minutes later a yacht came through and then the bridge went down. In less than a minute the bridge was down and traffic driving over it again. Was a bit of a disappointment, I was expecting it to take longer to close and to see a more impres ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more