Handbill with engraved illustration listing the specifications of the new London Bridge Civil engineer John Rennie was commissioned to build a new...
{"Image ImageDescription": "UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 04:  Handbill with engraved illustration, listing the specifications of the new London Bridge. Civil engineer John Rennie (1761-1821) was commissioned to build a new crossing next to the existing medieval London Bridge in 1801. After his death, his son John continued the project and building began in 1824. The new bridge was opened in 1831 by King William IV (1765-1837) and Queen Adelaide (1792-1849) during a river pageant. The demolition of the medieval bridge began the same year. This new London Bridge was dismantled and sold to Lake Havasu City, United States, in 1968, and was itself replaced by a concrete structure.  (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "SSPL/Science Museum"}