Stunning retro pictures have offered a glimpse into the inner workings of London’s famous Tower Bridge during the 1950s.
The incredible images taken in 1951 show a worker ringing the bell to warn users that a raising will be imminent and a Thames lighterman, a skilled worker who operates a lighter flat-bottomed barge, looking out to the city.
Other striking shots show a manager inspecting the pumps used for the lifting mechanisms and an operator switching on the traffic lights to stop cars from going over the bridge.
Londoners are also seen waiting for a ship to pass through and continue along the Thames and a bridge driver working the controls during the raising of the road.
A Thames lighterman stands on his boat in 1951 with Tower Bridge in the background. The term lighterman is particularly associated highly skilled men who operated lighter vessels moved by oar and water currents in the Port of London
A Tower Bridge worker rings a bell to warn users that that the bridge lifting will be imminent as he swings on a metal gate
This man performs maintenance work on the pumping mechanisms used to lift Tower Bridge. Originally the bridge was ran using steam but it is now powered by oil and electricity
Another black and white picture reveals a boiler man stoking the firebox with coal as boilers heat the steam that powers the machinery to lift the bascules, which are still raised around 850 times a year now.
The remarkable photographs were taken on Tower Bridge in 1951. Tower Bridge is one of London’s most famous landmarks and took eight years to build between 1886 and 1894.
Five contractors and 432 workers laboured each day to build the bridge and more than 11,000 tons of steel provided the framework for the towers and walkways.
It crosses the River Thames close to the great fortress of the Tower of London and is the gateway into the port of London and the river’s upper pool.
A year after the remarkable pictures were taken London bus driver Albert Gunter had to leap from one bascule to the other when the bridge began to rise with the number 78 bus still on it, reports TowerBridge.org.
A smartly dressed Tower Bridge driver works the controls during the raising of the road inside the control cabin in 1951, left, and Senior Technical Officer Charles Lotter stands in the control cabin of Tower Bridge in 2010, right
Several pedestrians patiently wait on Tower Bridge in 1951 as the bascules bar is raised to let a ship pass along the Thames
Boilerman Richard Lumb stokes the boilers in 1951, left, that provide the steam for the lifting apparatus at the bridge. Boilers heat the steam that powers the machinery to lift the bascules, which are still raised around 850 times a year. Pictured right are the Accumulators in the engine room now
The bridge consists of two bridge towers tied together at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal tension forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers.
The vertical components of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower.
Tower Bridge is now powered by oil and electricity, but the original steam engines are maintained by a team of technical officers and can be visited.
Before its restoration in the 2010s, the bridge’s colour scheme dated from 1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee. Its colours were subsequently restored to blue and white.
Before being painted for the Jubilee the bridge was a chocolate brown colour.
An operator switches on the traffic lights to stop vehicles from going over the bridge just before the road is lifted
A police officer stands on guard with the bascules raised in 1951 as cars wait for the all clear to drive over the bridge
Another worker wearing overalls, a cap and glasses makes a pot of tea on his break from working at Tower Bridge in 1951
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