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Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched bridge for road and foot traffic, crossing the River Thames in a north-west south-east orientation, between Lambeth Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge, in central London. Image File history File links Vauxhall_bridge_3. ... Image File history File links Vauxhall_bridge_3. ... A log bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. ... The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ... Lambeth Bridge, seen from Millbank, looking north and downstream Lambeth Bridge from Millbank, facing east towards Lambeth A boat with a wake proceeds towards Lambeth Bridge, seen from the London Eye observation wheel. ... Grosvenor Bridge with Battersea Power Station in the background Grosvenor Bridge, often alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...

On the north bank is Westminster, with Tate Britain and the Millbank Tower to the north-east, and Pimlico and its tube station to the north and east. Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ... Millbank Tower, from the north Millbank Tower from the south, taken from Vauxhall bridge. ... A street in Pimlico which characteristically mixes grand Victorian town-houses with 1970s council housing. ... Categories: Victoria Line stations | London Underground stubs ...

On the south bank, Vauxhall Cross, site of Vauxhall station and the headquarters of MI6, lies immediately to the south-east; Kennington is to the east, Vauxhall to the south-east and Nine Elms to the south west. Categories: Victoria Line stations | London Underground stubs | London railway stations | British railway stations ... The SIS building at Vauxhall Cross, London, seen from Vauxhall Bridge The SIS building, seen from Millbank The opposite side of the building, seen from Vauxhall Cross The SIS Building, also commonly known as the MI6 Building, is the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service, otherwise known as MI6... Vauxhall is an inner city area of south London in the London Borough of Lambeth. ...

The River Effra, one of the Thames's many underground tributaries, empties into the main river just to the east of the bridge on the south bank. The outlet for the Effra river empties into the Thames by Vauxhall Bridge, from which this shot was taken. ...

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The current bridge was designed by Sir Alexander Binnie, with modifications by Maurice Fitzmaurice, to replace a previous cast-iron structure. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (411x640, 104 KB) Summary Figure depicting Fine Art, Vauxhall Bridge, London. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (411x640, 104 KB) Summary Figure depicting Fine Art, Vauxhall Bridge, London. ... Sir Alexander Binnie was a civil engineer responsible for several major engineering projects, including several associated with crossings of the River Thames in London. ...

It was completed in 1906, and opened on the May 26 by the Prince of Wales, and was the first bridge to carry trams across the Thames. It measures 80ft wide by 809ft long, has five steel arches mounted on granite piers, and its most striking feature is a series of bronze female figures on the bridge abutments, both upstream and downstream, commemorating the arts and sciences. See also: 1905 in architecture, other events of 1906, 1907 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865â€“20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... A modern tram in the TÃ¶Ã¶lÃ¶ district of Helsinki, Finland Map showing the tramway system in Oslo, Norway Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ...

The previous bridge was the nine-span Regent's Bridge, designed by James Walker and opened in 1816 as a toll-bridge. The history leading up to the construction of this bridge was tortuous with at least three aborted designs rejected, two by John Rennie—first a seven-span stone bridge, and then a design with eleven cast-iron arches—and one by Sir Samuel Bentham. James Walker (September 14, 1781-October 8, 1862) was an influential Scottish civil engineer of the first half of the 19th century. ... See also: 1815 in architecture, other events of 1816, 1817 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... John Rennie (7 June 1761 in East Linton, Scotland - 4 October 1821) was a civil engineer, constructing many bridges, canals, and docks. ... Samuel Bentham Sir Samuel Bentham (11 January 1757 - 31 May 1831) was a noted mechanical engineer credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, including weapons. ...

Walker's nine-span structure was the first iron-built bridge over the Thames in London, but it lasted less than 90 years. Tidal scour undermined the bridge's piers and these were too expensive to replace. A temporary wooden bridge was constructed across the river and demolition work began in 1898, but construction of the Binnie bridge did not start until 1904. Vauxhall Bridge, 1829. ... Vauxhall Bridge, 1829. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Categories: Bridges and tunnels in London | Bridges completed in 1906 | Westminster | Lambeth | Bridges across the River Thames Multimap. ... The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ... Grosvenor Bridge with Battersea Power Station in the background Grosvenor Bridge, often alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. ... Chelsea Bridge from the south bank. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Lambeth Bridge, seen from Millbank, looking north and downstream Lambeth Bridge from Millbank, facing east towards Lambeth A boat with a wake proceeds towards Lambeth Bridge, seen from the London Eye observation wheel. ... Chelsea Bridge from the south bank. ... Grosvenor Bridge with Battersea Power Station in the background Grosvenor Bridge, often alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. ... Lambeth Bridge, seen from Millbank, looking north and downstream Lambeth Bridge from Millbank, facing east towards Lambeth A boat with a wake proceeds towards Lambeth Bridge, seen from the London Eye observation wheel. ... Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster, with a glimpse of Westminster Abbey behind the tower of Big Ben. ... Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges, seen from the north Hungerford Bridge is a bridge (or triplet of bridges) over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge. ... View of the old Waterloo Bridge from Whitehall stairs, John Constable, 18 June 1817 Waterloo Bridge. ... Blackfriars Bridge with St Pauls Cathedral behind Blackfriars Bridge viewed from upstream, looking south Blackfriars Bridge, seen from Waterloo Bridge. ... Blackfriars Railway Bridge, London, with remains of old bridge in foreground Blackfriars Railway Bridge is a railway bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and the Millennium Bridge. ... The London Millennium Footbridge is a pedestrian-only steel suspension bridge crossing the River Thames in London between the existing Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge, linking Bankside with the City. ... Southwark Bridge Southwark Bridge is a road-bridge linking Southwark and the City across the River Thames, in London. ... Cannon Street Railway Bridge Cannon Street Railway Bridge is a bridge in central London, crossing the River Thames. ... This article is a text about the Bridge in London. ... Tower Bridge as viewed from the South Bank at dusk. ... This is a list of crossings of the River Thames, downstream first, including bridges, tunnels and ferries. ... Bridges in the United Kingdom is a link page for any bridge in the United Kingdom. ...

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