The Tower Bridge a Lecture

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With these few words on the principles that governed the main features of the Tower Bridge, we will proceed to consider the details of the structure generally.
General Description of the Bridge.
The Act of Parliament defined the leading dimensions of the Tower Bridge to be as follows : (1) A central opening span of 200 feet clear width, with a height of 135 feet above Trinity high water when open, and a height of 29 feet when closed against vessels with high masts. (It may be mentioned in passi
...ng that the height of the centre arch of London Bridge is 29| feet above Trinity high water. ) (2) The size of the piers to be 185 feet in length and 70 feet in width.
22 A LECTURE ON (3) The length of each of the two side spans to be 270 feet in the clear.
The Act also defined the utmost permissible size of the temporary stagings in the river.
The Conservators of the Thames, who very properly con- sidered chiefly the importance of the river traffic, procured the The doffed //nes she**" re/sresonr oufs'de ///7 o above toed of fttver .


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