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Lambeth Bridge is a road traffic and footbridge crossing the River Thames in an east-west direction in central London; the river flows north at the crossing point. Downstream, the next bridge is Westminster Bridge; upstream the next is Vauxhall Bridge. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1279x424, 87 KB) Summary Lambeth Bridge, London, England Photo taken by en:User:Tagishsimon, 24 April 2004 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Lambeth Bridge User:Tagishsimon/Gallery London 240404 ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1279x424, 87 KB) Summary Lambeth Bridge, London, England Photo taken by en:User:Tagishsimon, 24 April 2004 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Lambeth Bridge User:Tagishsimon/Gallery London 240404 ... Millbank is an area of London, England, that is east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. ... Image File history File links Lambeth_Bridge_upstream_side1. ... Image File history File links Lambeth_Bridge_upstream_side1. ... Millbank is an area of London, England, that is east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. ... Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... The London Eye at twilight The British Airways London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, opened in 1999 and is the largest observation wheel in the world (a type of Ferris wheel). ... The British Airways London Eye observation wheel on the banks of the River Thames near the Houses of Parliament, London, England Five capsules of the London Eye observation wheel. ... Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster, with a glimpse of Westminster Abbey behind the tower of Big Ben. ... Vauxhall bridge looking downstream from the north bank. ... ... The Thames (pronounced []) is a river flowing through southern England, in its lower reaches flowing through London into the sea. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster, with a glimpse of Westminster Abbey behind the tower of Big Ben. ... Vauxhall bridge looking downstream from the north bank. ...

On the east side, in Lambeth are Lambeth Palace, the Albert Embankment, St. Thomas' Hospital, and the International Maritime Organization. On the west side, in Westminster, are Thames House (the headquarters of MI5), behind which is Horseferry House (the National Probation Service headquarters), and Clelland House and Abel House (the headquarters of HM Prison Service), and the Millbank Tower and Tate Britain. The Palace of Westminster is a short walk downstream to the north through the Victoria Tower Garden. The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in South London and forms part of Inner London. ... Lambeth Palaces gatehouse. ... The Albert Embankment is a stretch of the river bank on the south side of the River Thames in central London. ... Saint Thomas’ Hospital. ... Headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation in Lambeth, adjacent to the east end of Lambeth Bridge Headquarters building taken from the west side of the Thames Headquartered in London, U.K., the International Maritime Organization (IMO) promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... Thames House is an office development in London on the bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge. ... Current MI5 headquarters in Thames House, London The Security Service, usually called MI5, is the British counter-intelligence and security agency. ... The National Probation Service of England and Wales is a statutory Criminal Justice Service, mainly responsible for the supervision of offenders in the community. ... Her Majestys Prison Service is the British Executive Agency reporting to the Home Office tasked with managing many of the prisons within the United Kingdom. ... Millbank Tower, from the north Millbank Tower from the south, taken from Vauxhall bridge. ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, England is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. ...

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The current structure, a five-span steel arch design by Geoffrey Groves and opened on 12 July 1932 by King George V, carries four lanes of road traffic from a roundabout junction close northwards to another roundabout on the Embankment by its junction with Horseferry Road (the road name gives a clue to a previous crossing: a ferry operated on the site for some years). Obelisks at either end are surmounted by stone pine cones, known to be a symbol of hospitality from at least Roman times. These pine cones have often been mistaken for pineapples; part of the confusion stems from the fact that pinecones were once called "pine apples", and when the fruit arrived in England looking vaguely similar to pinecones, the name was adopted. July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. ... A cone (in formal botanical usage: strobilus, plural strobili) is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta (conifers) that contains the reproductive structures. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The previous structure was a suspension bridge, 828ft long, designed by Peter W. Barlow. Sanctioned by an Act of Parliament in 1860, it opened as a toll bridge in 1862 but doubts about its safety, coupled with its awkwardly steep approaches deterring horse-drawn traffic, meant it soon became used almost solely as a pedestrian crossing. It ceased to be a toll bridge in 1879 when the Metropolitan Board of Works assumed responsibility for its upkeep — it was by then severely corroded. This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) was the principal instrument of London-wide government from 1855 until the establishment of the London County Council in 1889. ...

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