On this
day in 1971 London Bridge was reopened... in Lake Havasu City, Arazona in the
United States of America. The bridge was sold by the city of London because it
could no longer cope with the amount of traffic expected to cross over it, it
was bought by Robert P. McCulloch as a tourist attraction for his planned city
and transported in sections to the city where it would span a specially
constructed canal. Although a nice bridge, rumour has it that the Americans
originally thought they were buying the iconic Tower Bridge and only discovered
their error far into the sale process. Whatever the truth they must have been
happy with their purchase in the end as it attracted thousands of people to live
in the newly built city and continues to be a big draw for tourists.
And now
the news:
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The
TV movie “A Bridge Across Time” used the relocated London bridge as a plot
device allowing the ghost of Jack the Ripper to be pitted David Hasselhoff in a
battle of wits (The family friendly editorial policy of the blog prevents me
from saying what kind of 'wits' exactly but it begins with the letter 'F')
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