Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Monday 2 March 2015

The Opening Of Tower Bridge. 30 June 1894.



The Prince of Wales (later, King Edward VII) opened Tower Bridge on 30 June 1894, in a ceremony of great splendour, recorded by William Lionel Wyllie in one of his best-known paintings.
Illustration: THE TELEGRAPH
Photo: Guildhall Art Gallery.

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