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The medieval engineering strokes of genius that led to the building of Old London Bridge - Country Life Old London Bridge, Medieval Engineering, Medieval London, Medieval Britain, Medieval Bridge, Epic Backgrounds, Euston Station, Bridge House, Ada Lovelace

Medieval bridges were marvels of engineering, given the technology available at the time — and nowhere more so than in the case of London Bridge, where deep, tidal flows made construction incredibly challenging. David Harrison explains.

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Medieval London, Bridge City, Kingston Upon Thames, Romanesque Architecture, Medieval City, London Architecture, London History, Irish History, Medieval History

When it was completed in 1209, medieval London Bridge was the only fixed crossing of the Thames downstream of Kingston-upon-Thames (until Fulham Bridge was built in 1729). Remarkably, it was also home to some 500 people – equivalent to the population of a small medieval town. In London Bridge and its Houses, Dorian Gerhold has scoured the archives of Bridge House – the medieval charity that managed the bridge – to find out more about the community that lived on this extraordinary structure…

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