A print from a disbound book of England & Wales published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.5" or 22.5cm x 16.5cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
LONDON BRIDGE.
The most noticeable thing about London Bridge is the steady and enormous traffic over it. No very recent count has been made, but about 188o it was computed that in the four unbroken lines always passing 20,500 vehicles crossed every day, with about 107,000 foot-passengers, besides 61,000 carried by the wheel traffic. The Bridge is only 54 feet broad, so that it need not be wondered at if many projects for widening it have been discussed. The first bridge was built about A.D. 994: the first stone one was finished in 1208. Since then the bridge has often been a great scene of fighting and tumult, and also of state pageants. In Elizabeth's reign it was restored, after which the horrid custom grew of exposing on it the heads of traitors. The present bridge was commenced under Mr. Rennie in 1824, and cost £506,000.