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Moiety and anserine are now added to my vocabulary, marvellous!!

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Thanks Elaine! This is what happens when they let a science graduate loose with London history.

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When I lived in South East London in the 1980's, Southwark Bridge was always my bridge of choice. I actually felt quite sorry for it when they closed off access to Queen St on the north side. Feeling sorry for a bridge? That is sad! And of course cycle access still available which helps the popularity with cyclists noted by Matt.

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"The saurian shades give the bridge serpentine appearance, like one of the City’s heraldic dragons has stretched out over the brine"... I might steal that (with Londonist attribution of course) for my riverside walk! Great post.

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How wonderful it looks at night with the illuminations. Always loved this bridge. No doubt some of your findings will end up in a quiz!

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Thanks. A really good read.

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It's dangerous work building bridges. In the same century, building the Brooklyn and Golden Gate bridges were even costlier expenses in terms of human lives.

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Ugh, grim. By the century's end, they'd got it down to 10 lives lost building the extremely complicated Tower Bridge. But that's still 10 too many.

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Well done. I enjoyed it immensely!

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Thank you Richard!

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Do you know if the Southwark Bridge charged tolls on Sundays in the 1850's?

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