Bascule Collection

Tower Bridge 1930S
A view of Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge, open to allow ships to sail down the Thames. Industrial view from beneath massive cranes

Tower Bridge 1930S
A close-up photograph of Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge and a famous London landmark, closing after a steamship has passed through it

Tower Bridge / Carts 1930S
Two horse-drawn carts, one from the Metropolitan Cartage Co. wait while Londons Tower Bridge opens

Tower Bridge under construction, April 1892 Date: 1892

Tower Bridge from the south west, March 1893 Date: 1893

Workmen repairing part of the walkways on Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge 1940S
Excited children and their families watching the spectacle of the famous bascule bridge as it opens

The Spit Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Spit Bridge - a steel and concrete girder bridge with a bascule lift span across the Middle Harbour, northeast of the central business district in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Tower Bridge over the River Thames, London - the bascules are raised to allow a boat to pass beneath. Date: circa 1940s

Wan-kuo-chiao (Wanguo) or International Bridge, Tianjin (Tientsin), China. First known as the French Bridge, and later renamed Chiang Kai-shek Bridge

County Causeway connecting Miamai and Miami Beach, Florida
The County Causeway connecting Miamai and Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1930s

Tower Bridge
A drawing which shows a view from low down, of Tower Bridge, a bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry

Tower Bridge, Surrey Main Pier from the South Date: circa 1893

Tower Bridge, Southern Main Pier, masonry superstructure, October 1893 Date: 1893

Tower Bridge, Northern Main Pier, masonry superstructure, November 1893 Date: 1893

Tower Bridge, Middlesex Abutment, West Side Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge, Middlesex Pier from south
Tower Bridge, Middlesex Pier from the south-opening span, 24 September 1892 Date: 1892

Tower Bridge, masonry of lower parts of river piers Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge, Masonry Arch over North Pier Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge, Masonry Arch over Northern Abutment Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge, Accumulator House, view from south west
Tower Bridge, Accumulator House, view from the south west Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge, front elevation of Middlesex Abutment Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge, central panel, side span parapets Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge under construction, October 1892 Date: 1892

Tower Bridge under construction, June 1892 Date: 1892

Tower Bridge, River Thames, London
A raised Tower Bridge seen from the southern side of the river towards the Tower of London. The bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge, built between 1886 and 1894

London - Tower Bridge, Guildhall and the Tower of London
Early pictorial postcard - court card sizing - Scenes and sights of London - The Tower of London, Tower Bridge (opened three years earlier in 1894) and the Guildhall. Date: 1897

London by Floodlight - Tower Bridge over the River Thames Date: circa 1930s

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Outer Drive Bridge and Skyline. A Freighter of the Great Lakes can be seen emerging from the (now-closed bascule bridge)

Piercy and Co.s Bascule, or see-saw 1886
A plank balanced on a high stone or other convenient elevation, was reduced by Messrs H. J. T. Piercy and Co. engineers, Broad-Street

London - Traffic on Tower Bridge Date: circa 1903

The Jacknife Bridge, Michigan Street, Buffalo, NY, USA. Date: circa 1906

Tower Bridge 1950S
Tourist vessels such as Skylark London and other ships, passing under Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge which has been raised to let them sail through on the Thames. Date: 1950s

Testing the Bascule Bridge, Carmarthen, South Wales
Testing the Carmarthen Bascule Bridge at Carmarthen, Dyfed, South Wales. The bridge was built to carry the Great Western Railway over the River Towy

Camels crossing over Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt
Caravan of camels, other animals and their riders crossing over the bascule bridge at Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt. The Delta Barrage north of Cairo was constructed in the 19th century to improve

Sluice gates of the Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt, with people on the dam waiting to cross. The Delta Barrage was constructed in the 19th century to improve

Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria - Walney Bascule Jubilee Bridge - completed in 1908 Date: circa 1908

Raised bascule, Tower Bridge, London Date: 1957

Original Design for the New Tower Bridge, London
The Original Design for the New Tower Bridge, London - The final towers would be quite significantly different to those pictured here. Date: circa 1885

Worlds Largest Single Bascule Lift Bridge - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Date: 1911

Porte de Pillie - Basule bridge at Rochefort, France
Porte de Pillie - double leaf bascule bridge at Rochefort, France. Date: circa 1903

Chicago Bridge
Chicago harbour : State Street bascule bridge lifted for the passage of an excursion steamer. Date: 1916

Bridge, Chicago Harbour
Single leaf bascule bridge of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, in Chicago harbour. It is operated by electricity. Date: 1916

Tower Bridge Open
The famous Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge, London, was designed by Horace Jones, who died in 1887, before it was completed. Sir John Wolfe- Barry completed it in 1894. Date: built 1886 - 1894

Tower Bridge 1939
The famous Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge, London, was designed by Horace Jones, who died in 1887, before it was completed. Sir John Wolfe- Barry completed it in 1894. Date: built 1886 - 1894

Stockholm, Sweden - Skansbron Bridge
Skansbron Bascule Bridge (" The Fortlet Bridge" ) over the Hammarbykanalen canal connecting the major Sodermalm Island to the southern mainland district (Sodra Hammarbyhamnen)

Docks at Haarlem C18Th
View of a busy dock scene on the River Spaarne at Haarlem. Sailors use poles to guide their ship through the Bascule bridge which is opening in the distance

Tower Bridge / Carts 1930S
Horses and carts crossing Tower Bridge, London

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