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Tower Bridge
(Tower Bridge)
Pronunciation:
/taʊəˈbrɪʤ/
a bridge across the Thames in London, famous for its twin towers and for the two bascules of which the roadway consists, able to be lifted to allow the passage of large ships. It was completed in 1894.
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