london bridge is falling down....
So I'm in Arizona for a trade show and I get asked "So have you gone to see London Bridge yet?". I'm thinking that this person has gotta be a wingnut. We are in the middle of the desert in Arizona, nowhere near london, are any body of water needing a major bridge. But as it turns out the person wasn't lying to me, nor were they the wingnut that I thought.
It turns out that back in the 60's London was in the process of replaced it's famous London Bridge. Robert C. McCulloch, founder of Lake Havasu and C.V. Wood Jr., Senior Planner had a vision, and a lot of money, and bought the famous London Bridge. Over the course of the three years between 1968 and 1971 the bridge was deconstructed and reconstructed spanning the Colorado River and a tourist trap was born. Who would have thunk it?
It turns out that back in the 60's London was in the process of replaced it's famous London Bridge. Robert C. McCulloch, founder of Lake Havasu and C.V. Wood Jr., Senior Planner had a vision, and a lot of money, and bought the famous London Bridge. Over the course of the three years between 1968 and 1971 the bridge was deconstructed and reconstructed spanning the Colorado River and a tourist trap was born. Who would have thunk it?
posted by D'Arcy Butler at 9:58 PM
1 Comments:
I knew this story, but I enjoyed seeing the pictures. Only in a country like Englandwith so many truly historical sites could they allow a bridge like this to be taken out of their country. Only a rich, young country like The United States could afford to take it down and reconstruct it. Still at least it still exists!
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