Picture of London Bridge being built

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I remember when the bridge was first completed and it was a huge tourist attraction. More people saw the London Bridge than the Grand Canyon for a few years after it was completed.
Most common miss conception of the tourist was thinking it spanned the "river" like it did in London.

All the blocks were numbered in an upper corner(right I believe) with yellow paint pen. Somewhere I have a picture of the only block I know of that has it upside down in the lower corner. I always wondered if it was done deliberately.

One of the things a lot of people never saw or don't remember is that the bridge was jet black on the under side from the soot from the ships that passed under it for over a 100 years. Ultra violet reflecting off the water finally eliminated the vast majority of it.