london bridge

     

Coorinates: 51°30′29″N, 0°05′16″W

Trivia about london bridge

  • It's the nursery rhyme that inspired the title of a famous musical based on a 1913 G.B. Shaw work
  • This Lake Havasu City landmark had to be trimmed 53 feet from its original length
  • In the 1960s this famous structure really was "falling down", so Robert McCulloch paid $2,460,000 & moved it to Arizona
  • No longer "falling down", this bridge from England is now found in Lake Havasu City, Arizona
  • In 1973 Queen Elizabeth II dedicated a new one of these bridges; the old one's in Arizona
  • In this game 2 players join hands & form an arch that falls after the "Take the key and lock her up" stanza
  • In autumn, Lake Havasu City, AZ, celebrates the dedication of this landmark
  • Other stanzas of this kids' singing game are "Build it up with iron bars" & "Get a man to watch all night"
  • Its construction over the Thames between 1176 & 1209 reportedly cost the lives of 150 workmen
  • Reassembled & rededicated in Arizona in 1971, it was the largest antique ever sold