Tower Bridge: Hidden Rooms and Secret Spaces

A video tour of the iconic bridge's innards.

Well here’s a view of Tower Bridge you don’t normally see…

I’m standing at the top of a capacious brick shaft. A Hogwarts of staircases branch out at random angles. Deep below me is a riveted steel cylinder that looks like something Elon Musk might launch toward space. It’s cold. It’s damp. And it’s a world away from the fairytale towers above me. For th…