Virtual Old London Bridge

1 of 5: Welcome to the virtual tour of Old London Bridge. You can walk up to the gatehouse, see the portculis open and explore the length of the bridge if you have the VRML plug-in installed. There are detail on the right of this page explaining how to install the plug-in and how to move around in VRML worlds.	2 of 5: London Bridge had a gate house at each end. This reconstruction shows one of the towers, its drawbridge in the up position and the gap in the bridge that the drawbridge crossed when it was down. A strong gatehouse was required to prevent attackers from crossing the bridge and entering the heart of the city.
3 of 5: Shops and houses lined each side of the bridge leaving just enough room for travellers and carts to move along the centre. Living on the bridge would have been better than living in the city as any waste would have been dropped straight into the river rather than being dumped in the streets as in the rest of the city.	4 of 5: The bridge even had a church on it.
5 of 5: The houses were even built over the roadway to form tunnels.

To explore this virtual reconstruction you will require a VRML plug-in. There is a free plug-in available from ParallelGraphics and is easy to install. Follow the instructions to begin.

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