Comments: The lid of this rare
tin features "Tower Bridge" shortly after it was officially
opened on the 30th June 1894 by the "Prince of Wales". The
construction of this 800 feet long and 213 feet high bascule and
suspension bridge over the "River Thames" in London started
in 1886 and cost 1,184,000 pounds sterling. It was designed by the
City Architect "Horace Jones" in collaboration with "John
Wolfe Barry". The bridges bascules are still raised
hydraulically a 1000 times a year for river traffic to pass through
the bridge to the centre of London.
The sides of the tin show different aspects of life in the "Tower
of London", which is pictured in the background of the
illustration on the lid. The Tower was founded in 1078 and is best
known for housing the "Crown Jewels", its custodians
the "Yeomen Warders" more commonly called "Beefeaters"
along with the ravens and as a place of torture and execution!
The last execution was that of the German spy "Joseph Jakobs"
in 1941.To view other images of this item, please click here:
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