Double London Bridge proposed for London Size:L: 100 x 50cm horses and coaches

horses and coaches

View of a line of chained convicts from Newgate Prison

View towards Westminster and the City of London across the River Thames from Southwark

the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Bridge in the background

showing part of Regent Street

Double London Bridge proposed for London Size:L: 100 x 50cm horses and coachesDouble London Bridge proposed by George Dance the Younger as part of general improvements to the Port of London, 1800. Each bridge has a drawbridge. One or the other can be raised to let through a ship while traffic is diverted to the alternative route. There are crescent shaped piazzas at either end, the Monument occupying one, a National Monument obelisk the other .