London Bridge

[Obo]

Can anyone add any substance to the often quoted story that the person who bought London Bridge and transported it to Lake Havasu in Arizona was for some reason under the impression he was buying Tower Bridge?

[geofbob]

I doubt very much if this myth has any substance. Assuming that Robert McCulloch, the founder of Lake Havasu resort who bought the bridge, was familiar with Tower Bridge, and even assuming that initially he thought the bridge put up for sale was Tower Bridge, he surely wouldn't have paid almost $2.5M for it without seeing it or a photo of it.I guess he bought it for its historic associations, and its utility as a bridge - its actual appearance was possibly of little importance.

[boognish76]

I don't know if the story about the buyer thinking it was Tower Bridge is true but the original London Bridge IS is Arizona - it was moved there in 1970. I was in the US a couple of years ago but I didn't visit it as it was a bit of a detour and, let's face it - it's not THAT interesting!

[Moog]

It's not the original London Bridge, it's one of the previous London bridges, as per the song the current bridge had a number of predecesors that fell down and had to be rebuilt!