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C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Tower Bridge Exhibition is provided by the City of London Corporation as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the Nation. www.towerbridge.org.uk BEFORE YOUR VISIT: Tower Bridge Exhibition: Vital Information ................................................. Item #1 Planning Your Visit ........................................................................................ Item #2 Risk Assessment Template............................................................................ Item #3 DURING YOUR VISIT: Teacher s Information Sheet & Local Map ................................................. Item #4 Pupil s Worksheet (2 pages for duplication) .............................................. Item #5 AFTER YOUR VISIT: Classroom Activities ...................................................................................... Item #6 Classroom Activities Curriculum Links Index ............................................Item #6A RESOURCES: Tower Bridge: Facts & Figures..................................................................... Item #7 An Article from the Illustrated London News ............................................ Item #8 Types of Bridges Information Sheet .............................................................Item #9 Bridges of the World Information Sheet ....................................................Item #10 Tower Bridge: Diagram of Forces.................................................................Item #11 How the Bascules WERE Raised (Step-by-Step) .....................................Item #12 How the Bascules ARE Raised (Step-by-Step) .........................................Item #13 Victorian Map of London ..............................................................................Item #14 World Map Worksheet .................................................................................Item #15 Image Library .................................................................................................Item #16 Tower Bridge Exhibition Educational Activities & Resources Kit

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ear

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stio

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ow m

any

of t

he s

peci

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atur

es o

f Tow

er B

ridg

e ca

n yo

u na

me?

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ers:

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ules

, Pie

rs, C

hain

s, H

igh

Leve

l Wal

kway

s, To

wer

s, Ro

ad, S

team

Eng

ine

Room

s.

Que

stio

n: W

hat

is t

he p

urpo

se o

f eac

h fe

atur

e:

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Bas

cule

s?An

swer

: The

Bas

cule

s ar

e ra

ised

to le

t shi

ps p

ass

thro

ugh

Tow

er B

ridge

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The

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rs?

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er: T

he P

iers

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supp

ort t

o th

e br

idge

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y ar

e em

bedd

ed d

eep

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e riv

erbe

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ins?

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er: T

he C

hain

s pr

ovid

e su

ppor

t to

the

Tow

ers

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h Le

vel W

alkw

ays;

with

out t

hem

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tow

ers

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ld c

olla

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r th

e w

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t of t

he H

igh

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l Wal

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h Le

vel W

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ays?

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er: T

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igh

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at y

ou n

orm

ally

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’t se

e?

• W

hich

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ldin

gs (

that

you

saw

from

the

Hig

h Le

vel W

alkw

ays)

do

you

thin

k w

ere

ther

e w

hen

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erBr

idge

was

fini

shed

in 1

894?

• W

hich

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ldin

gs (

that

you

saw

from

the

Hig

h Le

vel W

alkw

ays)

hav

e be

en b

uilt

sinc

e th

en?

Why

do

you

thin

k so

?

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hat

diffe

renc

es d

id y

ou n

otic

e in

the

des

ign

betw

een

the

old

and

new

er b

uild

ings

?Co

nsid

er b

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls, s

tyle

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ture

s, an

d ar

chite

ctur

e.

Thin

k ab

out

your

visi

t to

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Engi

ne

Room

s:

Que

stio

n:W

hat

did

you

see

in t

he E

ngin

e R

oom

s?An

swer

s: Co

al s

tore

, boi

lers

, ste

am e

ngin

es, a

ccum

ulat

ors,

video

sho

win

g To

wer

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ge li

fting

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erac

tive

disp

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abo

ut w

ind

resis

tanc

e, R

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e M

addi

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s m

otor

cycle

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Tow

er B

ridge

gift

sho

p.

Que

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n:W

hich

mac

hine

ry w

as u

sed

to r

aise

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bas

cule

s fr

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894

to 1

972?

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er: C

oal b

oile

r, st

eam

eng

ine,

acc

umul

ator

s, hy

drau

lics

and

basc

ule

engi

nes.

Que

stio

n:H

ow a

re t

he b

ascu

les

rais

ed n

ow?

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er: B

y el

ectr

icity

.

Que

stio

n:W

hat

did

each

of t

hese

thi

ngs

do t

o ra

ise

the

basc

ules

:

Coa

l? An

swer

: It w

as u

sed

as fu

el to

hea

t the

wat

er in

the

boile

r.

Boile

r? A

nsw

er: I

t pro

duce

d st

eam

to p

ower

the

stea

m e

ngin

e.

Stea

m E

ngin

e? A

nsw

er: I

t cre

ated

ene

rgy.

Acc

umul

ator

? An

swer

: It s

tore

d th

e en

ergy

unt

il it

was

nee

ded

to o

pera

te th

e hy

drau

lics.

Hyd

raul

ics?

Ans

wer

: The

y ca

rrie

d th

e en

ergy

from

the

accu

mul

ator

to th

e ba

scul

e en

gine

.

Basc

ule

engi

ne?

Answ

er: I

t tur

ned

the

gear

s to

lift

the

basc

ules

AC

TIV

ITY 1

A: C

ontinued

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To e

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ach

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gh).

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you

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ower

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5 m

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ngth

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our

clas

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IST

AN

CE

of t

he b

ridg

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an t

o th

e di

stan

ce fr

om y

our

clas

sroo

m t

o th

e pl

aygr

ound

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(Bri

dge

span

is 2

25 m

etre

s lo

ng).

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EIG

HT

of t

he b

ascu

les

to y

our

wei

ght

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h ba

scul

e w

eigh

s 1

mill

ion

kilo

gram

mes

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Ask

you

r pu

pils

to

figu

re o

ut th

e fo

llow

ing

Tow

er B

ridg

e M

aths

Puzz

les

:

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here

are

2 m

illio

n ri

vets

in T

ower

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dge.

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riv

et is

a m

etal

bol

t, w

hich

hol

ds t

wo

piec

es o

f met

al t

oget

her.

) If

each

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entim

etre

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dia

met

er, h

ow fa

r in

kilo

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ld t

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retc

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ery

day.

How

man

y ve

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es c

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yea

r?

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here

are

31,

000,

000

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mill

ion)

bri

cks

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he b

ridg

e. If

eac

h br

ick

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dim

ensi

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of 8

cen

timet

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ght)

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entim

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ngth

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12

cent

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llow

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- H

ow h

igh

wou

ld a

sta

ck o

f all

the

bric

ks b

e?- H

ow m

any

bric

ks w

ould

you

nee

d to

bui

ld a

wal

l 2 m

etre

s (le

ngth

) by

2 m

etre

s (h

eigh

t)?

    

D.I.Y

. M

aths

Puzz

les

Ask

pup

ils t

o re

view

the

Tow

er B

ridg

e Fa

cts

Shee

t an

d cr

eate

a q

uest

ion

like

the

ones

abo

ve, w

hich

will

tes

tth

eir

frie

nds’

mat

hs s

kills

.  E

xten

sion A

ctiv

ity

Ask

you

r pu

pils

to

illus

trat

e th

e co

mpa

riso

ns a

nd t

he m

aths

puz

zles

.       

6.3

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Mat

hem

atic

s: M

a2.1

b, c

, i, j

, Ma2

.3h,

I, k,

Ma2

.4a+

b, M

a3.4

a, M

a3.4

bM

a4.1

c, d

, e, g

, h, M

a4.2

aBr

eadt

h of

Stu

dy: 1

d, 1

e, 1

f, 1g

, 1h

Scie

nce:

Sc1

.2i,

Sc1.

2j

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AC

TIV

ITY 2

A: W

HY D

ID T

HE

Y B

UIL

DTO

WE

R B

RID

GE

?O

bje

ctiv

es:

• To

und

erst

and

the

expa

nsio

n of

Vict

oria

n Lo

ndon

• To

und

erst

and

chan

ges

in V

ictor

ian

trans

port

and

socie

ty•

To re

sear

ch a

nd d

ebat

e iss

ues,

prob

lem

s an

d ev

ents

  Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

• V

icto

rian

Map

of L

ondo

n (It

em #

14 in

thi

s Ki

t)•

Brid

ges

of t

he W

orld

(Ite

m #

10 in

thi

s Ki

t)  R

ead

this

to y

our

pupi

ls:

 L

ON

DO

N I

N T

HE

IN

DU

ST

RIA

L R

EV

OL

UT

ION

In t

he 1

9th

cent

ury,

the

Indu

stri

al R

evol

utio

n ch

ange

d th

e w

ork

patt

erns

and

the

live

s of

peo

ple

inBr

itain

. Peo

ple

left

thei

r w

ork

as fa

rmer

s fo

r th

e ci

ties,

whe

re th

ey c

ould

find

em

ploy

men

t in

fact

orie

s.

In L

ondo

n, m

any

peop

le li

ved

sout

h of

the

Riv

er T

ham

es, w

here

hou

sing

was

che

aper

; the

ir jo

bs,

how

ever

, wer

e m

ostly

loca

ted

on t

he n

orth

sid

e of

the

Riv

er T

ham

es.

To

get a

cros

s th

e R

iver

Tha

mes

, wor

kers

took

a fe

rry

or w

alke

d ov

er L

ondo

n Br

idge

. Mos

t of t

he o

ther

brid

ges

wer

e w

est o

f Lon

don

Brid

ge, a

nd m

any

of th

em r

equi

red

a to

ll to

cro

ss. L

ondo

n Br

idge

was

free

to c

ross

, plu

s it

was

the

mos

t dire

ct r

oute

into

the

City

of L

ondo

n, s

o it

was

the

mos

t con

gest

ed o

ne.

Up

to 1

00,0

00 p

eopl

e w

alke

d ac

ross

Lon

don

Brid

ge e

very

day

– a

ped

estr

ian

traf

fic ja

m!

The

re w

as n

o do

ubt

that

a n

ew r

iver

cro

ssin

g w

as n

eede

d, b

ut n

obod

y co

uld

deci

de w

here

to

build

it, w

ho s

houl

d bu

ild it

, and

wha

t its

des

ign

shou

ld b

e. M

any

publ

ic a

genc

ies

wer

e in

volv

ed in

the

deba

te.

Lond

on h

ad n

o ci

ty-w

ide

gove

rnm

ent.

The

Cor

pora

tion

of L

ondo

n (t

he o

ldes

t m

unic

ipal

bod

y in

the

city

), th

e M

etro

polit

an B

oard

of W

orks

(th

e ci

ty’s

pub

lic w

orks

age

ncy)

and

Par

liam

ent

(the

Uni

ted

Kin

gdom

’s n

atio

nal e

lect

ed b

ody)

eac

h ha

d its

ow

n op

inio

n, a

nd t

his

mad

e de

cisi

on-m

akin

gve

ry d

iffic

ult.

The

Cor

pora

tion

of L

ondo

n st

udie

d w

here

peo

ple

lived

, whe

re p

eopl

e w

orke

d, a

nd h

ow fa

r pe

ople

had

to w

alk

to w

ork;

bas

ed o

n th

eir

findi

ngs,

the

y ch

ose

a si

te c

lose

to

the

Tow

er o

f Lon

don

for

the

new

riv

er c

ross

ing.

So it

was

res

olve

d th

at L

ondo

n w

ould

hav

e a

new

riv

er c

ross

ing

east

of L

ondo

n Br

idge

, but

with

that

dec

isio

n ca

me

even

mor

e qu

estio

ns a

nd d

ebat

e: W

hat

wou

ld it

look

like

? W

ould

it b

e a

brid

ge?

Or

a tu

nnel

? O

r a

stea

m fe

rry?

Or

som

e ot

her

type

of r

iver

cro

ssin

g?

The

Riv

er T

ham

es w

as a

vita

l tra

nspo

rt li

nk fo

r sh

ips

brin

ging

goo

ds in

to L

ondo

n. T

he P

ool o

f Lon

don

(the

str

etch

of r

iver

bet

wee

n T

ower

Hill

and

Lon

don

Brid

ge)

had

dock

s fo

r ca

rgo

ship

s ca

rryi

nggr

ain,

woo

l, co

tton

, ivo

ry, s

ilver

, tea

and

oth

er g

oods

from

all

over

the

wor

ld. B

arge

s tr

ansp

orte

dco

al in

the

win

ter.

Sm

all b

oats

car

ried

pas

seng

ers

and

light

goo

ds. T

he T

ham

es w

as a

ver

y he

ctic

rive

r!

Whe

ther

it w

as a

bri

dge,

a t

unne

l or

som

ethi

ng e

ntir

ely

diffe

rent

, the

riv

er c

ross

ing

need

ed t

o al

low

rive

r tr

affic

to

cont

inue

. If i

t w

ere

a br

idge

, it

mus

t be

des

igne

d to

per

mit

the

ship

s to

pas

s un

der

it, o

r el

se t

he d

ocks

in t

he P

ool o

f Lon

don

wou

ld b

e fo

rced

to

clos

e. H

owev

er, i

f a b

ridg

e w

ere

tall

enou

gh t

o al

low

shi

ps t

o pa

ss u

nder

it, p

edes

tria

ns a

nd h

orse

-dra

wn

vehi

cles

mig

ht n

ot b

e ab

le t

ocl

imb

the

stee

p st

ruct

ure.

6.4

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Citi

zens

hip:

1a,

2a,

2e,

2f,

4b,

Engl

ish:

En.

1 a-

f, En

1.2

a-e,

En1.

3 a-

f, En

1.8b

+c,

En1

.9c,

En1.

10c

Geo

grap

hy: 1

d, 3

d, 3

eH

isto

ry: 2

b, 4

b, 6

, 7,8

a, 8

b, 1

1a

con

tin

ues

...

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AFT

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Man

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wer

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nsid

ered

: bri

dges

, tun

nels

, riv

er-g

oing

ves

sels

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alte

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ossi

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Diff

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subm

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ir id

eas.

In 1

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a s

elec

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ittee

of t

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ouse

of C

omm

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met

to c

onsi

der

the

brid

ge d

esig

n. M

any

diffe

rent

idea

s w

ere

pres

ente

d to

the

com

mitt

ee.

Show

you

r pu

pils

the

imag

es o

f th

e di

ffer

ent id

eas

for

the

rive

r cr

ossi

ng.

    Consi

der

Vic

tori

an L

ondo

ner

s. A

sk y

our

pupi

ls t

o:

• T

hink

abo

ut p

eopl

e w

ho w

orke

d or

live

d ne

ar T

ower

Hill

bef

ore

Tow

er B

ridg

e w

as b

uilt.

• W

hat

kind

of w

ork

(jobs

) do

you

thi

nk t

hese

peo

ple

may

hav

e do

ne?

• Ex

amin

e th

e st

reet

map

of V

icto

rian

Lon

don

and

iden

tify

plac

es o

f wor

k.

• C

onsi

der

diffe

rent

rou

tes

peop

le u

sed

to g

et t

o an

d fr

om w

ork.

• Pr

eten

d yo

u liv

e in

Vic

tori

an L

ondo

n, o

n th

e so

uth

side

of t

he T

ham

es, a

nd y

ou w

ork

onth

e no

rth

side

of t

he T

ham

es.

• W

ho in

the

cla

ss w

ould

be

IN F

AV

OU

R o

f bui

ldin

g a

rive

r cr

ossi

ng a

t T

ower

Hill

? W

hy?

• W

ho in

the

cla

ss w

ould

be

AG

AIN

ST b

uild

ing

a ri

ver

cros

sing

at

Tow

er H

ill?

Why

?

• Fo

r th

ose

pupi

ls w

ho a

re IN

FA

VO

UR

of b

uild

ing

a ne

w r

iver

cro

ssin

g, d

iscu

ss w

hich

sor

t of

rive

r cr

ossi

ng t

hey

wou

ld p

refe

r (B

ridg

e? T

unne

l? St

eam

ferr

y? O

ther

idea

s?)

• M

ake

a ca

se in

fron

t of

the

cla

ss fo

r yo

ur p

ropo

sed

rive

r cr

ossi

ng, o

r if

you

are

AG

AIN

ST t

he r

iver

cros

sing

, mak

e a

case

for

an a

ltern

ativ

e so

lutio

n. 

Deb

ate

the

Issu

e!

Dis

cuss

wit

h y

ou

r p

up

ils:

Why

doe

s a

big

build

ing

proj

ect

requ

ire

deba

te a

nd d

iscu

ssio

n?En

cour

age

your

cla

ss t

o co

nsid

er t

he r

ange

of i

nter

ests

, eco

nom

ic a

nd p

erso

nal,

of v

ario

us in

divi

dual

s an

d gr

oups

and

the

feel

ings

att

ache

d to

the

se in

tere

sts.

Que

stio

n: W

hy d

o pe

ople

hav

e st

rong

feel

ings

abo

ut t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of n

ew b

uild

ings

?

Que

stio

n: W

hat

are

the

diffe

rent

way

s pe

ople

try

to

mak

e th

eir

view

s or

dis

agre

emen

ts p

ublic

?An

swer

: Disc

uss

the

vario

us w

ays

(inclu

ding

wor

d of

mou

th, m

edia

, et a

l) th

at p

eopl

e ca

n us

e to

mak

eth

eir

view

s kn

own

and

to d

ebat

e w

ith o

ther

peo

ple

(bot

h no

w a

nd in

Vict

oria

n tim

es).

Que

stio

n: W

hat

is a

deb

ate?

Answ

er: D

iscus

s th

e id

ea o

f a d

ebat

e as

a s

tagi

ng o

f at l

east

two

argu

men

ts, w

ith r

ules

and

with

the

aim

of p

ersu

adin

g ot

hers

to s

hare

you

r po

int o

f vie

w a

nd w

ith a

cha

irper

son

as ‘r

efer

ee’.

con

tin

ues

...

6.5

AC

TIV

ITY 2

A: C

ontinued

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ivitie

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AFT

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your

pupi

ls t

o:

1)

Imag

ine t

hat

th

ey

are m

em

bers

of

the c

om

mit

tee d

eb

atin

g th

e d

eve

lop

men

to

f th

e b

rid

ge.

2)

De

cid

e o

n t

he

ru

les

for

the

de

bat

e.

3)

Dec

ide

wh

o is

go

ing

to s

erve

as

chai

rper

son

of

the

com

mit

tee.

Th

e ch

airp

erso

nis

re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r m

akin

g su

re e

very

on

e f

oll

ow

s th

e r

ule

s.

4)

De

cid

e w

hic

h p

up

ils

wil

l d

eb

ate

‘fo

r’ t

he

bri

dge

an

d w

hic

h p

up

ils

wil

l d

eb

ate

‘aga

inst

’ th

e b

rid

ge.

5)

Sta

ge a

de

bat

e!

 

AC

TIV

ITY 2

B: C

RO

SSIN

G T

HE

RIV

ER

Ob

ject

ive

s:•

To c

ompa

re a

nd c

ontra

st th

e ne

ighb

ourh

ood

arou

nd T

ower

Brid

ge in

185

0 an

d no

w•

To c

onsid

er w

hat h

as c

hang

ed in

Lon

don

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds a

nd w

hy th

ese

chan

ges

have

occ

urre

d  R

eq

uir

ed

Re

sou

rce

s:•

Vic

toria

n M

ap o

f Lon

don

(Item

#14

in t

his

Kit)

• C

onte

mpo

rary

Lon

don

Map

(no

t in

clud

ed in

thi

s Ki

t)  Looki

ng

at t

he

Vic

tori

an L

ondo

n M

ap, D

iscu

ss a

s a

Cla

ss:

Que

stio

n: W

hich

geo

grap

hica

l fea

ture

s ca

n yo

u id

entif

y on

the

Map

of V

icto

rian

Lon

don?

Enco

urag

e pu

pils

to fi

nd ri

vers

, bod

ies

of w

ater

, tra

nspo

rt li

nks

inclu

ding

road

s an

d tr

ain

stat

ions

, roa

dna

mes

, nei

ghbo

urho

od n

ames

, lan

dmar

ks, e

t cet

era.

Ref

er t

o t

he

Conte

mpo

rary

Londo

n M

ap:

Que

stio

n: W

hich

geo

grap

hica

l fea

ture

s ca

n yo

u id

entif

y on

a C

onte

mpo

rary

Lon

don

Map

?En

cour

age

pupi

ls to

find

rive

rs, b

odie

s of

wat

er, t

rans

port

link

s in

cludi

ng ro

ads

and

trai

n st

atio

ns, r

oad

nam

es, n

eigh

bour

hood

nam

es, l

andm

arks

, et c

eter

a.

Geo

grap

hy:

Con

side

r w

hich

geo

grap

hica

l fea

ture

s ar

e di

ffere

nt a

nd w

hich

geo

grap

hica

l fea

ture

s ar

e th

e sa

me.

Que

stio

n: W

hat

are

the

mai

n ch

ange

s th

at h

ave

occu

rred

in t

he n

eigh

bour

hood

s ea

st o

f Tow

er B

ridg

esi

nce

1850

(in

land

use

, roa

ds, r

iver

cro

ssin

gs, e

t ce

tera

)?  Tra

nsp

ort

:En

cour

age

the

clas

s to

thi

nk a

bout

mod

ern

form

s of

tra

nspo

rt. M

ake

a lis

t of

var

ious

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt w

hich

are

used

in L

ondo

n to

day.

Que

stio

n: H

ow h

as L

ondo

n ch

ange

d th

roug

h de

velo

pmen

ts in

tra

nspo

rt a

nd s

ocie

ty?

Que

stio

n: If

you

wan

t to

cro

ss t

he R

iver

Tha

mes

tod

ay, w

hich

new

rou

tes

are

ther

e th

atdi

d no

t ex

ist

in 1

850?

Que

stio

n: H

ow d

id m

oder

n tr

ansp

ort

chan

ge t

he la

ndsc

apes

and

nei

ghbo

urho

ods

of L

ondo

n?

AC

TIV

ITY 2

A: C

ontinued

6.6

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a,

1b,

2c,

5a

Citi

zens

hip:

1a,

1e,

2a,

2e,

2j

Geo

grap

hy: 1

a, 2

a, 2

e, 3

a, 3

d, 3

e, 3

g,4a

, 4b,

5a,

6a,

6c,

6d,

6e

His

tory

: 2c,

2d,

4b,

5a,

5b,

5c,

6, 7

, 11a

con

tin

ues

...

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 Soci

ety

/ Popu

lation:

Com

pare

the

pop

ulat

ion

and

soci

ety

of L

ondo

n in

Vic

tori

an t

imes

to

now

. Q

uest

ion:

How

did

Lon

don

chan

ge a

s a

resu

lt of

a la

rge

rise

in p

opul

atio

n?Q

uest

ion:

How

has

Lon

don

chan

ged

in r

elat

ion

to p

opul

atio

n (t

hrou

gh la

nd u

se a

nd b

uild

ing,

for

exam

ple)

?  A

sk p

upils

to

sum

up

how

cha

nges

in s

ocie

ty a

nd t

rans

port

hav

e ch

ange

d th

e m

ap o

f Lon

don

and

crea

ted

new

rive

r cr

ossi

ngs.

  What

Does

the

Futu

re H

old

?A

sk p

upils

to

brai

nsto

rm a

nd im

agin

e w

hat

Lond

on w

ill b

e lik

e in

the

futu

re:

• W

hat

will

hap

pen

to t

he p

opul

atio

n of

Lon

don

(will

it g

row

or

shri

nk)?

• W

here

will

Lon

done

rs li

ve a

nd w

ork?

• W

hat

sort

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s w

ill L

ondo

ners

nee

d?•

Wha

t w

ill L

ondo

ners

do

for

jobs

?•

Wha

t di

ffere

nt m

odes

of t

rans

port

will

the

re b

e?•

How

will

Lon

done

rs o

f the

futu

re c

ross

the

Riv

er T

ham

es?

  Onc

e pu

pils

hav

e di

scus

sed

thei

r id

eas,

ask

the

m t

o dr

aw a

map

of L

ondo

n 10

0 ye

ars

from

now

, or

1,00

0 ye

ars

from

now

. The

y ca

n pr

esen

t the

ir id

eas

to th

e cl

ass.

Alte

rnat

ivel

y, a

sk p

upils

to d

raw

an

illus

trat

ion

of a

Lon

done

rof

the

futu

re, o

n th

eir

way

to

wor

k. 

AC

TIV

ITY 2

C: B

UIL

DIN

G A

NE

W R

IVE

R C

RO

SSIN

G(for

the

21s

t C

entu

ry)

Ob

ject

ive

s:•

To u

nder

stan

d th

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n &

infra

stru

ctur

e ne

eds

of 2

1st c

entu

ry L

ondo

n•

To in

terp

ret m

oder

n pl

ans

for r

iver c

ross

ings

• To

rese

arch

and

deb

ate

issue

s, pr

oble

ms

and

cons

ider

atio

ns re

late

d to

a ne

w ri

ver c

ross

ing

  Dis

cuss

as

a C

lass

:T

he

re i

s st

ill

no

bri

dge

acr

oss

th

e R

ive

r T

ham

es

in L

on

do

n e

ast

of

To

we

r B

rid

ge. R

ead

ne

w p

lan

sfo

r ri

ver

cro

ssin

gs i

n E

ast

Lo

nd

on

in

th

e n

ew

spap

er

arti

cle

s o

n t

he

fo

llo

win

g p

age

s.

Hav

e a

clas

s vo

te: w

ho is

‘for

’ the

bri

dges

and

who

is ‘a

gain

st’?

Que

stio

n fo

r th

e “F

ors”

: W

hat

are

your

arg

umen

ts F

OR

con

stru

ctin

g th

ese

brid

ges?

Que

stio

n fo

r th

e “A

gain

sts”

: W

hat

are

your

arg

umen

ts A

GA

INST

con

stru

ctin

g th

ese

brid

ges?

Que

stio

n fo

r ev

eryb

ody:

Whe

re w

ould

you

put

a n

ew b

ridg

e? W

hy?

  Deb

ate:

Hav

e a

clas

s de

bate

abo

ut th

e br

idge

dev

elop

men

t. (R

efer

to A

ctiv

ity 2

A fo

r id

eas

abou

t how

to s

tage

the

deba

te.)

Aft

er t

he d

ebat

e, h

ave

anot

her

clas

s vo

te a

nd s

ee if

any

one

has

chan

ged

his

or h

er o

pini

on.

  Ext

ensi

on A

ctiv

ity:

The

Eve

ning

Sta

ndar

d A

rtic

le d

escr

ibes

a ‘l

ivin

g br

idge

.’ A

sk p

upils

to

draw

a d

iagr

am o

f a ‘l

ivin

g br

idge

’ and

pres

ent

thei

r id

eas

to t

he c

lass

.Q

uest

ion:

Wha

t w

ould

a ‘l

ivin

g br

idge

’ loo

k lik

e?Q

uest

ion:

Wha

t w

ould

a ‘l

ivin

g br

idge

’ inc

lude

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a,

1b,

2c,

5a

Citi

zens

hip:

1a,

2a,

2e,

2j,

2kEn

glis

h: E

n1.1

a-f,

En1.

2a-e

, En1

.3a-

f,En

1.8b

+c,

En1

.9c,

En1

.10c

Geo

grap

hy: 1

a, 1

d, 2

a, 2

d, 2

g, 3

g, 4

b,5a

, 6a

6.7

AC

TIV

ITY 2

B: C

ontinued

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App

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New

Tha

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BBC

New

s A

rtic

le22

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Tra

nspo

rt fo

r Lo

ndon

(T

fL)

will

han

d in

a p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ion

on T

hurs

day

for

a ne

w c

ross

ing

over

the

Tha

mes

.

The

£38

5m T

ham

es G

atew

ay B

ridg

e w

ill li

nk N

ewha

m a

nd G

reen

wic

h in

eas

t Lo

ndon

. Afte

r a

publ

icco

nsul

tatio

n th

e pl

ans

have

cha

nged

to

incl

ude

prio

rity

for

loca

l tra

ffic,

a 4

0mph

spe

ed li

mit

and

ase

para

te p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt la

ne.

The

app

licat

ion

will

be

subm

itted

to

both

New

ham

and

Gre

enw

ich

coun

cils

, with

a d

ecis

ion

expe

cted

in N

ovem

ber.

If t

he c

ounc

ils a

ppro

ve t

he a

pplic

atio

n, t

hen

the

brid

ge c

ould

be

com

plet

ed in

201

2 -

a ye

ar a

head

of t

he p

roje

cted

ope

ning

.

The

bri

dge

is a

n im

port

ant p

art o

f May

or o

f Lon

don

Ken

Liv

ings

tone

's pl

ans

to r

egen

erat

e th

e T

ham

esG

atew

ay, a

40-

mile

-wid

e ar

ea fr

om e

ast

and

sout

h-ea

st L

ondo

n to

Ken

t an

d Es

sex.

The

re a

re o

nly

thre

e cr

ossi

ngs

for

traf

fic t

o th

e ea

st o

f Tow

er B

ridg

e, w

hile

cen

tral

Lon

don

has

eigh

t br

idge

s an

dth

ere

are

16 t

o th

e w

est

betw

een

Che

lsea

Bri

dge

and

the

M25

.

The

initi

al c

osts

of t

he T

ham

es G

atew

ay B

ridg

e w

ill b

e pu

t up

by

a pr

ivat

e co

mpa

ny. I

t w

ill r

ecou

pth

e fu

nds

thro

ugh

tolls

and

£20

0m o

f gov

ernm

ent

fund

ing

conf

irm

ed in

Cha

ncel

lor

Gor

don

Brow

n's

spen

ding

rev

iew

ear

lier

this

mon

th.

Tha

mes

Gat

eway

Bri

dge

proj

ect

dire

ctor

Mik

e C

lark

e to

ld B

BC N

ews

Onl

ine

that

the

thr

ee y

ear

cons

truc

tion

proj

ect

wou

ld c

reat

e up

to

3,00

0 lo

cal j

obs.

But

he

said

the

effe

ct o

f the

bri

dge

on jo

bsin

the

are

a w

ill b

e "e

ven

grea

ter"

.

"The

lack

of a

cro

ssin

g in

the

are

a ha

s be

en t

o its

det

rim

ent

and

this

bri

dge

will

bri

ng h

uge

bene

fitto

the

Tha

mes

Gat

eway

," he

sai

d.

"We

are

very

pos

itive

tha

t th

e co

unci

ls w

ill g

ive

thei

r ap

prov

al.

"We

know

loca

l res

iden

ts a

re b

ehin

d us

bec

ause

dur

ing

the

publ

ic c

onsu

ltatio

n, 8

5% o

f tho

se t

hat

took

par

t, in

clud

ing

loca

l bus

ines

ses,

bac

ked

the

plan

s."

But

envi

ronm

enta

lists

hav

e cr

itici

sed

the

sche

me

clai

min

g it

will

be

used

by

busi

ness

es t

o tr

ansp

ort

mor

e ro

ad fr

eigh

t, cr

eatin

g m

ore

pollu

tion.

 B

RID

GE

PL

AN

ST

he b

ridg

e w

ill li

nk B

eckt

on w

ith T

ham

esm

ead

at G

allio

ns R

each

.

The

cro

ssin

g is

des

igne

d to

hav

e tw

o la

nes

in e

ither

dir

ectio

n fo

r ca

rs a

nd c

omm

erci

al v

ehic

les.

It w

ill a

lso

have

sep

arat

e la

nes,

loca

ted

on t

he w

este

rn s

ide

of t

he b

ridg

e, fo

r pu

blic

tra

nspo

rt,

pede

stri

ans

and

cycl

ists

.

The

pro

pose

d to

ll is

£1

for

loca

l car

use

rs a

nd £

2 fo

r ot

hers

. Exe

mpt

ions

sim

ilar

to t

he C

onge

stio

nC

harg

e w

ill a

pply

.

The

bri

dge

coul

d be

upg

rade

d to

acc

omm

odat

e D

ockl

and

Ligh

t R

ailw

ay o

r tr

ams

in t

he fu

ture

.

con

tin

ues

...

6.8

AC

TIV

ITY 2

C: C

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Brid

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Sta

ndar

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hor

Kat

heri

ne B

arne

y

Plan

s fo

r a

new

bri

dge

acro

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he T

ham

es li

ned

with

sho

ps a

nd h

omes

- s

imila

r to

the

Pon

te V

ecch

ioin

Flo

renc

e -

are

bein

g dr

awn

up b

y Bo

ris

John

son.

The

May

or h

as r

eviv

ed p

ropo

sals

ori

gina

lly p

utfo

rwar

d in

the

Nin

etie

s. T

he o

rigi

nal p

lans

wer

e by

Fre

nch

arch

itect

Ant

oine

Gru

mba

ch, w

ho w

on a

com

petit

ion

by t

he R

oyal

Aca

dem

y to

des

ign

a ha

bita

ble

brid

ge a

nd p

ropo

sed

build

ing

it be

twee

nW

ater

loo

and

Blac

kfri

ars.

How

ever

whe

n La

bour

cam

e in

to p

ower

in 1

997

the

plan

s w

ere

drop

ped,

alth

ough

som

e of

the

det

ails

wer

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

whe

n th

e M

illen

nium

Bri

dge

was

con

stru

cted

. It

is li

kely

a d

iffer

ent

loca

tion

will

be

soug

ht. M

r Jo

hnso

n ha

s re

gula

rly

spok

en o

f the

nee

d fo

r a

new

cro

ssin

g ea

st o

f Tow

er B

ridg

ean

d ha

s as

ked

advi

sers

to

inve

stig

ate

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f bui

ldin

g be

twee

n G

reen

wic

h an

d Si

lver

tow

nin

the

Roy

al D

ocks

.

Thi

s is

des

pite

scr

appi

ng p

lans

for

a Tha

mes

gat

eway

bri

dge

whi

ch h

e cl

aim

ed w

ere

unfu

nded

and

wou

ld b

y en

viro

nmen

tally

unf

rien

dly.

Mr

John

son

has

said

the

£80

mill

ion

cost

of b

uild

ing

a "li

ving

brid

ge"

coul

d be

foun

d fr

om t

he s

ale

of p

rope

rtie

s on

it.

A s

poke

sman

for

the

May

or s

aid:

"A

s sh

own

in t

he M

ayor

's re

view

of t

he L

ondo

n Pl

an t

his

wee

k, h

eha

s hi

gh a

mbi

tions

to im

prov

e th

e ur

ban

real

m a

nd q

ualit

y of

life

by

crea

ting

a m

ore

icon

ic a

nd b

eaut

iful

capi

tal c

ity w

ith v

isio

nary

arc

hite

ctur

e 20

yea

rs fr

om n

ow.

"His

pol

icy

dire

ctor

is e

xplo

ring

how

a b

ridg

e w

ith a

res

iden

tial a

nd c

omm

erci

al e

lem

ent,

an id

ea t

hat

was

put

forw

ard

in t

he N

inet

ies,

coul

d be

par

t of

tha

t vi

sion

."

The

idea

wou

ld fa

ce t

ough

scr

utin

y fr

om in

tere

sted

par

ties

incl

udin

g th

e G

over

nmen

t, En

glis

h H

erita

gean

d lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s. T

he o

rigi

nal p

lans

wer

e ba

cked

by

busi

ness

lobb

y gr

oup

Lond

on F

irst

but

asp

okes

man

sai

d th

ey h

ad n

ot b

een

cons

ulte

d ov

er t

he d

ustin

g-of

f of t

he o

ld d

esig

n.

A s

poke

sman

sai

d: "

At

the

time

our

posi

tion

was

ver

y m

uch

in fa

vour

and

in t

heor

y th

at h

as n

otch

ange

d. H

owev

er s

ince

the

bui

ldin

g of

the

Mill

enni

um B

ridg

e w

e w

ould

muc

h pr

efer

to

see

one

east

of T

ower

Bri

dge.

"

Mr

Gru

mba

ch's

desi

gns

had

the

brid

ge s

uspe

nded

from

tw

in 3

5-st

orey

tow

ers

on t

he n

orth

sid

e of

the

rive

r, co

ntai

ning

flat

s w

ith v

iew

s ov

er t

he c

ity. I

t w

ould

be

the

first

tim

e Lo

ndon

had

a b

ridg

e w

ithre

side

ntia

l and

com

mer

cial

pro

pert

ies

in 1

78 y

ears

- s

ince

the

bui

ldin

gs o

n Lo

ndon

Bri

dge

wer

e to

rndo

wn.

The

med

ieva

l Lon

don

Brid

ge, c

ompl

eted

in 1

209

in th

e re

ign

of K

ing

John

, con

tain

ed d

ozen

s of

pac

ked-

in h

ouse

s an

d sh

ops

but

as t

he b

ridg

e be

cam

e fu

rthe

r de

velo

ped

cong

estio

n m

eant

cro

ssin

gs c

ould

take

mor

e th

an a

n ho

ur.

Mr

Gru

mba

ch's

plan

s fe

atur

ed li

fts,

stai

rcas

es a

nd e

scal

ator

s to

gai

n ac

cess

to

the

brid

ge, i

nclu

ding

from

wat

er le

vel.

Cal

led

Gar

den

Brid

ge, i

t al

so in

clud

ed p

ropo

sals

for

hedg

e, t

rees

and

gre

enho

uses

,al

ongs

ide

spac

es fo

r liv

e co

ncer

ts a

nd a

"to

piar

y ca

fé".

AC

TIV

ITY 2

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ontinued

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AFT

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AC

TIV

ITY 3

A: H

OW

DID

TH

EY B

UIL

DTO

WE

R B

RID

GE

?O

bje

ctiv

es:

• To

iden

tify

and

cons

ider

diff

eren

t pha

ses

of b

ridge

con

stru

ctio

n•

To c

onsid

er c

halle

nges

that

brid

ge-b

uild

ers

mus

t add

ress

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

•Se

quen

ce o

f im

ages

of T

ower

Brid

ge u

nder

con

stru

ctio

n (It

em #

16 in

thi

s Ki

t)•

Tow

er B

ridge

Fac

ts &

Fig

ures

(Ite

m #

7 in

thi

s Ki

t)•

Art

mat

eria

ls

As

a C

lass

:M

ake

a lis

t of

all

the

key

mom

ents

in t

he e

ight

-yea

r co

nstr

uctio

n of

Tow

er B

ridg

e, in

clud

ing:

187

6 t

o 1

88

3...

......

......

......

...A

Spe

cial

Com

mitt

ee o

f the

Bri

dge

Hou

se C

omm

ittee

stu

dies

the

need

for

a ne

w r

iver

cro

ssin

g ea

st o

f Lon

don

Brid

ge

188

3 .

......

......

......

......

......

......

....B

ridg

e H

ouse

Com

mitt

ee d

ecid

es t

o bu

ild a

bri

dge

1884

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

.Sel

ect

Com

mitt

ee o

f the

Hou

se o

f Com

mon

s m

eets

to

deci

deon

bri

dge

desi

gn

14th

Au

g 1

88

5 .

......

......

......

Parl

iam

ent

give

s R

oyal

Ass

ent

to b

uild

Tow

er B

ridg

e

Au

g 1

88

5 t

o A

pr

18

86

...H

orac

e Jo

nes

(Arc

hite

ct)

and

John

Wol

fe-B

arry

(En

gine

er)

mak

e pl

ans

for

cons

truc

tion

logi

stic

s

22n

d A

pr

18

86

......

......

......

..Con

stru

ctio

n be

gins

21st

Ju

ne

18

86

......

......

......

..HR

H t

he P

rinc

e of

Wal

es la

ys t

he m

emor

ial s

tone

July

18

86

......

......

......

......

......

...H

orac

e Jo

nes

rece

ives

a k

nigh

thoo

d

30th

Ju

ne

18

94

......

......

......

.Bri

dge

open

s to

the

pub

lic

What

hap

pened

bet

wee

n 2

2nd

Apr

il 1

886 a

nd

30th

June

1894?

Rea

d th

e fo

llow

ing

with

you

r pu

pils

and

the

n di

scus

s th

e co

nstr

uctio

n of

Tow

er B

ridg

e w

ith y

our

pupi

ls.

HO

W d

id t

hey

build

Tow

er B

ridg

e?P

has

e 1

- P

RE

PA

RE

A P

LA

N:

Joh

n W

olf

e-B

arry

(th

e en

gine

er)

and

Ho

race

Jo

ne

s (t

he a

rchi

tect

) pl

anne

d th

e co

nstr

uctio

n.T

hey

thou

ght

thro

ugh

ever

y as

pect

of t

he c

onst

ruct

ion:

how

the

mat

eria

ls w

ould

be

brou

ght

up t

heR

iver

Tha

mes

, whi

ch w

orke

rs w

ould

be

need

ed a

nd w

hen,

and

how

to

allo

w t

raffi

c on

the

riv

er t

oco

ntin

ue t

hrou

ghou

t th

e co

nstr

uctio

n (w

hich

wou

ld t

ake

8 ye

ars)

.

Due

to

spac

e lim

itatio

ns, t

hey

coul

d no

t st

ore

mat

eria

ls o

r eq

uipm

ent

at t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

site

. So

they

had

to

figur

e ou

t ho

w t

o tr

ansp

ort

the

mat

eria

ls u

p th

e ri

ver

at t

he c

orre

ct t

ime.

Ph

ase

2-

MA

KE

SP

AC

E F

OR

RIV

ER

TR

AF

FIC

:A

shi

ppin

g ch

anne

l was

def

ined

in t

he R

iver

Tha

mes

und

er t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

site

. It

was

49

met

res

wid

e, a

nd it

allo

wed

tra

ffic

on t

he r

iver

to

cont

inue

.

Ph

ase

3 -

CO

NS

TR

UC

T T

WO

PIE

RS

:T

hey

cons

truc

ted

each

pie

r, on

e af

ter

the

othe

r. The

y co

uld

not

build

the

pie

rs a

t th

e sa

me

time

asth

at w

ould

hav

e bl

ocke

d sh

ippi

ng t

raffi

c on

the

riv

er.

6.10

con

tin

ues

...

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a,

1b,

2c,

4c,

5a

Des

ign

and

Tec

hnol

ogy:

4a,

4b

Engl

ish:

En3

.9b

His

tory

: 1a,

1b,

5c,

6, 1

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AFT

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To b

uild

eac

h pi

er th

ey s

tart

ed d

eep

unde

r w

ater

, on

the

rive

rbed

. Fir

st, t

he d

iver

s m

ade

the

rive

rbed

leve

l and

the

n *c

aiss

on

s w

ere

low

ered

dow

n fr

om t

he s

urfa

ce u

ntil

they

pre

ssed

into

the

soi

l. A

sea

ch c

aiss

on w

as lo

wer

ed, r

ive

ters

att

ache

d an

othe

r on

e on

to t

he t

op o

f it,

form

ing

a to

wer

of

cais

sons

tha

t st

retc

hed

from

the

riv

erbe

d to

the

riv

er s

urfa

ce.

(*A

cais

son

is a

n op

en s

teel

box

, with

four

sid

es. A

s it

is pr

esse

d in

to th

e riv

erbe

d, it

s st

eel e

dges

‘dig

’ int

oth

e so

il an

d ar

e em

bedd

ed e

ntire

ly. W

hen

the

botto

m c

aiss

on is

em

bedd

ed in

the

soil,

anot

her

caiss

on is

rivet

ed o

n to

p, a

nd th

at c

aiss

on is

pre

ssed

into

the

river

bed.

)

The

div

ers

wor

ked

insi

de t

he c

aiss

ons

at t

he b

otto

m o

f the

riv

er, e

xcav

atin

g th

e ri

verb

ed g

rave

l and

bury

ing

the

cais

sons

dee

per

and

deep

er u

ntil

they

wer

e de

ep in

to t

he L

ondo

n cl

ay (

7 m

etre

s be

low

the

rive

rbed

). A

s Lo

ndon

cla

y is

wat

er t

ight

, the

co

nst

ruct

ion

wo

rke

rs t

hen

pum

ped

out

all t

hew

ater

and

cou

ld w

ork

in d

ry c

ondi

tions

.

The

co

nst

ruct

ion

wo

rke

rs t

hen

exte

nded

the

ir e

xcav

atio

n in

to t

he L

ondo

n cl

ay b

enea

th t

heca

isso

ns a

nd p

oure

d co

ncre

te in

to t

he s

pace

to

form

foun

datio

ns fo

r th

e pi

er.

Mas

on

s lin

ed t

he c

avity

with

mas

onry

mad

e of

bri

ck, g

rani

te a

nd c

oncr

ete,

leav

ing

room

for

the

stee

l pill

ars.

Ph

ase

4 -

MA

KE

TH

E S

TE

EL

SK

EL

ET

ON

:T

he s

teel

for T

ower

Bri

dge

was

man

ufac

ture

d in

Sco

tland

at A

rrol

’s D

alm

arno

ck Ir

on W

orks

; it

was

ship

ped

to L

ondo

n an

d br

ough

t up

the

Tha

mes

Riv

er o

n ba

rges

.

The

ste

el

wo

rke

rs in

Sco

tland

mad

e ea

ch s

egm

ent

of s

teel

acc

ordi

ng t

o Jo

hn

Wo

lfe

-Bar

ry’s

plan

, and

the

y te

sted

all

the

segm

ents

to

mak

e su

re t

hey

fit t

oget

her

befo

re t

hey

sent

the

m t

o Lo

ndon

.

Whe

n th

e st

eel s

egm

ents

arr

ived

at

the

cons

truc

tion

site

, cra

ne

op

era

tors

mov

ed t

hem

into

plac

e. R

ive

ters

riv

eted

the

m t

oget

her

to m

ake

stee

l pill

ars,

whi

ch g

rew

out

of e

ach

pier

. The

y bu

iltfo

ur p

illar

s in

eac

h pi

er a

nd s

et t

hem

into

gra

nite

sla

bs a

t th

e fo

unda

tion.

Ph

ase

5 -

BU

ILD

TH

E H

IGH

LE

VE

L W

AL

KW

AY

S:

Co

nst

ruct

ion

wo

rke

rs b

uilt

woo

den

scaf

fold

s to

hol

d th

e ho

rizo

ntal

seg

men

ts in

pla

ce. B

arge

op

era

tors

bro

ught

the

ste

el s

egm

ents

up

the

rive

r, an

d th

en c

ran

e o

pe

rato

rs m

oved

the

segm

ents

into

pla

ce. R

ive

ters

the

n ri

vete

d th

e w

alkw

ay s

egm

ents

into

pla

ce.

The

co

nst

ruct

ion

wo

rke

rs a

nd r

ive

ters

wor

ked

high

abo

ve t

he r

iver

with

out

any

safe

ty n

ets,

hard

hat

s or

pro

tect

ive

foot

wea

r!

Ph

ase

6 -

BU

ILD

TH

E C

HA

INS

:C

on

stru

ctio

n w

ork

ers

bui

lt su

per

stro

ng w

oode

n tr

estle

s to

sup

port

the

hea

vy s

teel

cha

ins

and

to k

eep

them

from

sw

ingi

ng in

the

win

d. T

he c

hain

s w

ere

also

bro

ught

up

the

rive

r on

bar

ges,

lifte

din

to p

lace

by

cran

es a

nd r

ivet

ed t

oget

her

in s

egm

ents

. A

ll in

all,

Tow

er B

ridg

e ha

s ov

er 2

mill

ion

rive

ts!

Ph

ase

7 -

BU

ILD

& I

NS

TA

LL

TH

E B

AS

CU

LE

S:

Each

bas

cule

was

mad

e fr

om fo

ur lo

ng g

irde

rs, s

ever

al c

ross

gir

ders

and

ste

el p

late

s. T

he lo

ng g

irde

rsan

d th

e ro

adw

ay p

late

s w

ould

sup

port

the

roa

d, a

nd t

he c

ross

gir

ders

wou

ld h

old

the

basc

ules

toge

ther

.

Co

nst

ruct

ion

wo

rke

rs b

uilt

long

gir

ders

, add

ing

the

cros

s gi

rder

s an

d ro

adw

ay p

late

s un

til t

hey

stre

tche

d ou

t fo

rty

feet

ove

r th

e ri

ver.

Onc

e th

ose

wer

e in

pla

ce, t

hey

thre

aded

a p

in in

to t

he p

ivot

so t

he b

ascu

le c

ould

rot

ate.

The

y bu

ilt a

cou

nter

bala

nce

on t

he la

nd-s

ide

of e

ach

basc

ule.

AC

TIV

ITY 3

A: C

ontinued

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con

tin

ues

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Act

ivitie

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AFT

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Ph

ase

8 -

IN

ST

AL

L T

HE

ST

EA

M E

NG

INE

S:

Con

stru

ctio

n w

orke

rs in

stal

led

the

stea

m e

ngin

es a

nd t

he h

ydra

ulic

pip

es in

the

bri

dge.

Ph

ase

9 -

OP

EN

TH

E B

RID

GE

!O

pen

the

brid

ge fo

r tr

affic

and

mai

ntai

n it.

Eve

n no

w, m

ain

ten

ance

wo

rke

rs a

nd b

rid

geo

pe

rato

rs a

re o

n si

te a

t Tow

er B

ridg

e tw

enty

-four

hou

rs a

day

!

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

Con

side

r th

e w

orke

rs w

ho b

uilt

Tow

er B

ridg

e. W

hich

of t

hese

rol

es w

ere

need

ed a

t w

hich

tim

es?

Arc

hite

ct(s

): ...

......

......

......

......

...D

esig

ned

a br

idge

with

tur

rets

and

par

apet

s w

ith s

teel

tow

ers

to s

uppo

rtsu

spen

sion

cha

ins

and

basc

ules

tha

t co

uld

swin

g up

to

allo

w s

hips

thr

ough

.W

orke

d w

ith t

he e

ngin

eer

to p

lan

the

cons

truc

tion

of t

he b

ridg

e.

Engi

neer

(s):

......

......

......

......

......

.Ens

ured

the

arc

hite

ct’s

desi

gn w

ould

func

tion.

Wor

ked

with

the

arc

hite

ct t

o pl

an t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

of t

he b

ridg

e.

Und

erw

ater

div

ers:

......

......

.....E

xcav

ated

dee

p be

low

the

riv

erbe

d so

tha

t ca

isso

ns c

ould

be

low

ered

and

fille

d w

ith c

oncr

ete

so t

hat

pier

s fo

r th

e br

idge

s co

uld

be b

uilt

on t

op.

Fact

ory

wor

kers

: ....

......

......

.....M

ade

the

stee

l seg

men

ts fo

r th

e br

idge

in S

cotla

nd b

y lo

adin

g ir

on o

re in

toth

e bl

ast

furn

ace,

alo

ng w

ith c

oke

(pur

e ca

rbon

der

ived

from

coa

l) an

dlim

esto

ne (

a su

bsta

nce

that

rem

oves

impu

ritie

s).

Cra

ne o

pera

tors

:.....

......

......

.....M

oved

the

ste

el s

egm

ents

from

bar

ges

into

the

cor

rect

pla

ce o

n th

e br

idge

.

Barg

e op

erat

ors:

......

......

......

.....T

rans

port

ed t

he m

ater

ials

for

the

brid

ge u

p th

e R

iver

Tha

mes

whe

n th

eyw

ere

need

ed b

y th

e co

nstr

uctio

n w

orke

rs.

Con

stru

ctio

n w

orke

rs:.

......

....W

ere

invo

lved

in e

very

pha

se o

f bri

dge

cons

truc

tion.

Riv

eter

s:...

......

......

......

......

......

.....C

onne

cted

all

the

stee

l seg

men

ts t

oget

her

usin

g ri

vets

. The

y pl

aced

eac

h ri

vet

by h

and;

the

re a

re 2

mill

ion

rive

ts in

Tow

er B

ridg

e.

Mas

ons:

......

......

......

......

......

......

...En

clos

ed t

he s

teel

str

uctu

re in

bri

ck a

nd g

rey

ston

e.

Pain

ters

:.....

......

......

......

......

......

...Pa

inte

d th

e st

eelw

ork

choc

olat

e br

own.

Dis

cuss

:C

onsi

der

wha

t ea

ch w

orke

r di

d an

d w

hat

the

purp

ose

of t

heir

wor

k w

as. T

hink

abo

ut w

hich

wer

e th

e m

ost

diffi

cult

or d

ange

rous

par

ts o

f the

ir jo

bs. Y

ou m

ay w

ant

to d

o a

role

pla

y w

ith y

our

stud

ents

, ask

ing

each

stu

dent

to c

hoos

e a

job

and

help

bui

ld t

he b

ridg

e.

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

Look

at

the

pict

ures

of T

ower

Bri

dge

unde

r co

nstr

uctio

n an

d m

atch

the

m t

o ea

ch p

hase

of t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

proc

ess.

Dra

w p

ictu

res

illus

trat

ing

the

phas

es w

hich

don

’t ha

ve r

efer

ence

imag

es. D

raw

pic

ture

s of

the

wor

kers

who

bui

lt th

e br

idge

.

Cre

ate

a st

oryb

oard

with

cap

tions

sho

win

g th

e co

nstr

uctio

n fr

om s

tart

to

finis

h. Y

ou m

ay w

ant

to a

dd s

ome

ofyo

ur p

hoto

s fr

om y

our

visi

t to

Tow

er B

ridg

e Ex

hibi

tion.

Whe

n yo

ur s

tory

boar

d is

fini

shed

, pos

t it

on t

he w

all

or b

ulle

tin b

oard

of y

our

clas

sroo

m.

6.12

Act

ivity

3A

: C

ontinued

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...

AC

TIV

ITY 3

B: TH

E S

TO

RY O

F T

OW

ER

BR

IDG

E:

Illu

stra

ted

Londo

n N

ews

Ob

ject

ive

s:•

To in

vest

igat

e th

e ro

le o

f Vict

oria

n ne

wsp

aper

s•

To in

terp

ret a

new

s ar

ticle

from

the

Illus

trat

ed L

ondo

n N

ews

• To

com

pare

Vict

oria

n ne

wsp

aper

s to

mod

ern

med

ia

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

• Fa

csim

ile o

f the

Illu

stra

ted

Lond

on N

ews

(Item

#8

in t

his

Kit)

As

a C

lass

:R

ead

the

follo

win

g in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

Illus

trat

ed L

ondo

n N

ews:

Ab

ou

t th

e I

llu

stra

ted

Lo

nd

on

New

sT

he Il

lust

rate

d Lo

ndon

New

s w

as s

tart

ed b

y H

erbe

rt In

gram

in 1

842;

he

had

notic

ed t

hat

new

spap

ers

sold

mor

e co

pies

whe

n th

ey in

clud

ed im

ages

, so

he d

ecid

ed t

o pu

blis

h a

new

spap

er w

ith im

ages

inev

ery

editi

on. T

he fi

rst

editi

on o

f the

Illu

stra

ted

Lond

on N

ews

appe

ared

on

14th

May

184

2. It

had

16

page

s w

ith 3

2 im

ages

. Eac

h im

age

was

firs

t dra

wn

by a

n ar

tist a

nd th

en e

ngra

ved

into

woo

d fo

r pr

intin

g.

To p

repa

re t

he n

ewsp

aper

for

prin

ting,

each

lett

er h

ad t

o be

indi

vidu

ally

pla

ced

into

a p

ress

-pla

te t

osp

ell e

ach

wor

d. T

ypes

ette

rs w

orke

d lin

e-by

-line

thr

ough

an

artic

le, s

ettin

g th

e le

tter

s on

e by

one

.Be

caus

e th

ey w

ere

mak

ing

a pl

ate

whi

ch w

ould

be

inke

d an

d pr

esse

d on

to t

he p

aper

, the

lett

ers

wer

ein

rev

erse

(m

irro

r-im

age)

. Im

agin

e sp

ellin

g ev

ery

wor

d B

AC

KW

AR

DS!

It m

ust

have

bee

n a

time-

cons

umin

g jo

b!

Publ

ishi

ng a

pap

er in

the

Vic

tori

an e

ra t

ook

a lo

t of

tim

e an

d la

bour

, and

the

Illu

stra

ted

Lond

on N

ews

only

cam

e ou

t tw

ice

a w

eek.

It c

ost

sixp

ence

, and

the

firs

t ed

ition

sol

d m

ore

than

25,

000

copi

es. B

yth

e en

d of

184

2, t

he Il

lust

rate

d Lo

ndon

New

s w

as s

ellin

g 60

,000

cop

ies

per

editi

on.

In 1

852,

the

Illu

stra

ted

Lond

on N

ews

publ

ishe

d a

spec

ial e

ditio

n ab

out

the

fune

ral o

f the

Duk

e of

Wel

lingt

on, a

nd it

s sa

les

rose

to 1

50,0

00. B

y 18

55, it

sol

d 20

0,00

0 co

pies

per

wee

k. T

he s

ales

con

tinue

dto

ris

e un

til t

he 1

860s

, whe

n it

was

sel

ling

300,

000

copi

es p

er w

eek.

Thi

s fig

ure

was

AM

AZ

ING

com

pare

d to

oth

er n

ewsp

aper

s of

the

day

.

If yo

u co

mpa

re t

hese

figu

res

to t

he m

oder

n-da

y BB

C w

ebsi

te, w

hich

get

s 13

mill

ion

web

site

vis

itspe

r da

y, yo

u ca

n se

e ho

w m

uch

the

dist

ribu

tion

of n

ews

has

chan

ged

sinc

e V

icto

rian

tim

es!

As

a C

lass

:R

ead

and

disc

uss

the

artic

le a

bout

Tow

er B

ridg

e fr

om t

he Il

lust

rate

d Lo

ndon

New

s. T

each

er’s

Not

e: Y

ou m

ay w

ish

to d

ivid

e th

e ar

ticle

into

par

ts a

nd a

ssig

n ea

ch p

art

to a

gro

up o

f pup

ils.

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

• R

ead

the

artic

le a

gain

.

• Id

entif

y w

ords

and

phr

ases

tha

t th

ey d

on’t

unde

rsta

nd, o

r th

at s

eem

funn

y or

unu

sual

.

• Id

entif

y po

wer

ful i

mag

es o

r ph

rase

s th

at ‘s

tand

out

’ or

that

hel

p th

em ‘p

aint

a p

ictu

re’ i

n th

eir

head

s.

• D

iscu

ss h

ow t

he a

rtic

le m

ight

mak

e th

e re

ader

feel

.

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks

Key

Sta

ge 2

Citi

zens

hip:

2k

Engl

ish:

En2

.3d,

En2

.5a,

En2

.5b,

En2.

7c, E

n3.1

c, E

n3.1

d, E

n3.9

b,En

3.11

, En3

.12

His

tory

: 4a,

5a,

5c,

6, 8

a, 1

1a

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icat

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ivitie

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AC

TIV

ITY 3

B: C

ontinued

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

• Im

agin

e th

ey h

ad t

o te

ll th

e st

ory

of T

ower

Bri

dge

to a

noth

er c

hild

.

•W

rite

a s

hort

er v

ersi

on o

f the

sto

ry.

Whi

ch p

hras

es, i

f any

, wou

ld t

hey

keep

?

•H

ow w

ould

the

y m

ake

the

stor

y in

tere

stin

g?

Sugg

estion for

Ext

endi

ng

the

Act

ivity:

Iden

tify

a ne

ws

artic

le a

bout

a c

onst

ruct

ion

proj

ect

in L

ondo

n (p

erha

ps H

eath

row

Ter

min

al 5

or

the

cons

truc

tion

for

the

2012

Oly

mpi

cs).

You

mig

ht fi

nd t

he a

rtic

le in

a n

ewsp

aper

, or

on a

web

site

, or

even

on

tele

visi

on.

Ask

you

r pu

pils

to

com

pare

and

con

tras

t th

e ar

ticle

from

the

Illu

stra

ted

Lond

on N

ews

with

the

art

icle

you

hav

efo

und.

Incl

ude

the

follo

win

g in

you

r di

scus

sion

:

- H

ow is

the

info

rmat

ion

pres

ente

d to

the

rea

der

(wor

ds)?

- H

ow a

re t

he im

ages

pre

sent

ed t

o th

e re

ader

(pi

ctur

es /

mov

ing

imag

es /

diag

ram

s)?

- Who

is t

he a

utho

r of

the

info

rmat

ion

(jour

nalis

t / b

logg

er)?

- H

ow d

id /

does

the

info

rmat

ion

get

to t

he r

eade

r? (

dist

ribu

tion)

?

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E P

HYSIC

S O

F T

OW

ER

BR

IDG

E-

AN

EX

PE

RIM

EN

TO

bje

ctiv

es:

• To

inve

stig

ate

diffe

rent

type

s of

brid

ges

• To

exp

lore

how

forc

es a

ffect

brid

ge d

esig

n an

d co

nstru

ctio

n

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

• ‘B

ridge

-bui

ldin

g’ m

ater

ials:

old

new

spap

ers,

strin

g, dr

inki

ng s

traw

s, un

cook

ed s

pagh

etti,

cel

lota

pe, m

aski

ng t

ape,

etc

• ‘T

ypes

of B

ridge

s’ W

orks

heet

• Im

ages

of d

iffer

ent

brid

ge t

ypes

: Arc

h br

idge

, Sus

pens

ion

brid

ge, B

eam

brid

ge•

Dia

gram

of T

ower

Brid

ge s

how

ing

forc

es (

com

pres

sion

/ ten

sion)

with

in t

he b

ridge

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

Rev

iew

and

con

side

r th

e ‘T

ypes

of B

ridg

e’ W

orks

heet

. Thi

nk a

bout

diff

eren

t sh

apes

of b

ridg

es, a

nd (i

f app

ropr

iate

)to

con

side

r br

idge

s th

ey e

ncou

nter

eve

ry d

ay. I

ntro

duce

to

your

pup

ils t

he t

hree

mai

n ty

pes

of b

ridg

e: ‘a

rch’

,‘s

uspe

nsio

n’ a

nd ‘b

eam

’ (R

efer

to

‘Typ

es o

f Bri

dges

’ Wor

kshe

et).

Intr

oduc

e th

e co

ncep

ts: ‘s

pan’

, ‘com

pres

sion

’ and

‘ten

sion

’:Sp

an...

......

......

......

......

The

dis

tanc

e be

twee

n tw

o br

idge

sup

port

s, w

heth

er t

hey

are

colu

mns

, tow

ers

or t

hew

all o

f a c

anyo

n.

Lode

......

......

......

......

...T

he w

eigh

t th

at a

bri

dge

span

can

bea

r; fo

r ex

ampl

e, c

ars

or p

edes

tria

ns.

Com

pres

sion

......

.....W

hen

two

forc

es p

ush

in o

n an

obj

ect

from

opp

osite

sid

es (

shor

teni

ng);

for

exam

ple,

crus

hing

an

empt

y so

da c

an b

etw

een

your

han

ds.

Tens

ion

......

......

......

....W

hen

two

forc

es p

ull o

n an

obj

ect

from

opp

osite

sid

es (

stre

tchi

ng /

leng

then

ing)

; for

exam

ple,

str

etch

ing

a ru

bber

band

bet

wee

n yo

ur h

ands

.

Des

ign a

Bri

dge

and

Unde

rsta

nd

its

Forc

esA

sk p

upils

to:

• C

hoos

e on

e ty

pe o

f bri

dge

and

draw

an

exam

ple

of t

hat

brid

ge t

ype.

• Id

entif

y on

the

ir d

raw

ing

with

arr

ows

the

dire

ctio

n of

eac

h fo

rce.

Ref

er t

o di

agra

m o

f Tow

er B

ridg

e if

need

ed.

Bu

ild

a B

rid

ge a

nd

Ex

pla

in I

ts F

ailu

rePu

t pu

pils

into

sm

all g

roup

s, an

d as

k th

em t

o ch

oose

a b

ridg

e ty

pe. A

sk p

upils

to

cons

truc

t a

brid

ge fr

om t

hem

ater

ials

pro

vide

d. T

he b

ridg

e sh

ould

be

at le

ast

30 c

entim

etre

s (1

2 in

ches

) in

leng

th.

It c

an b

e an

y ty

pe o

fbr

idge

.

Enco

urag

e pu

pils

to

expe

rim

ent

and

expl

ore

each

of t

he t

ypes

of b

ridg

e. W

hich

bri

dge

type

is b

est

for

bear

ing

the

lode

? Ex

plai

n to

pup

ils t

hat

effe

ctiv

e br

idge

des

igns

util

ise

natu

ral f

orce

s to

tra

nsfe

r th

e w

eigh

t of

the

lode

and

dist

ribu

te it

acr

oss

the

stru

ctur

e, s

o th

at t

he b

ridg

e ca

n ac

com

mod

ate

larg

e lo

des

and

span

long

er le

ngth

s.

Te

st Y

ou

r B

rid

ges

Whe

n th

e st

uden

ts h

ave

finis

hed

thei

r br

idge

s, te

st e

ach

one

with

incr

easi

ng w

eigh

ts (

the

‘lode

’) un

til it

fails

. The

brid

ge w

hich

bea

rs t

he g

reat

est

lode

win

s!

Ex

pla

in t

he

Fai

lure

Tell

pupi

ls t

hat

the

aim

is n

ot t

o w

in –

but

to

mak

e a

thor

ough

exp

lana

tion

of h

ow a

bri

dge

wor

ks. F

ailu

re is

GO

OD

if y

ou c

an e

xpla

in it

! Eac

h gr

oup

has

to r

epor

t w

hat

they

hav

e le

arnt

abo

ut b

ridg

e de

sign

, bri

dge

build

ing,

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a,

2a,

4b,

5a,

5b,

5c

Des

ign

and

Tec

hnol

ogy:

1b,

1c,

2a,

2b,

2c,

2d,

3a, 3

b, 3

c, 4

a, 4

b, 5

b, 5

cSc

ienc

e: S

c1.1

a+b,

Sc1

.2j,

l, m

Sc3

.1a,

Sc4

.2d+

e

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AC

TIV

ITY 5

: H

OW

STE

AM

EN

GIN

ES L

IFTE

DTH

E B

ASC

ULE

S O

F T

OW

ER

BR

IDG

E

Ob

ject

ive

s:•

To e

xplo

re th

e di

ffere

nt s

tage

s of

ene

rgy

prod

uctio

n w

hich

raise

the

Tow

er B

ridge

bas

cule

s•

To c

onsid

er n

ew fo

rms

of e

nerg

y pr

oduc

tion

and

the

diffe

renc

e th

ey m

ake

to m

echa

nics

and

patte

rns

of w

ork

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

• ‘H

ow t

he B

ascu

les W

ere

Raise

d’ C

ards

(18

94 t

o 19

76)

- Ite

m #

12 in

thi

s Ki

t(N

ow)

- Ite

m #

13 in

thi

s Ki

t•

‘My V

isit

to To

wer

Brid

ge’ W

orks

heet

Inst

ruct

ions:

As

a cl

ass,

refe

r to

you

r ‘M

y Vis

it to

Tow

er B

ridg

e’ W

orks

heet

s an

d di

scus

s th

e th

ings

you

saw

in t

he S

team

Engi

ne R

oom

s at

Tow

er B

ridg

e Ex

hibi

tion.

Dis

cuss

eac

h st

ep in

the

pro

cess

tha

t w

as u

sed

whe

n th

e ba

scul

esw

ere

rais

ed b

y st

eam

-gen

erat

ed e

nerg

y.

Part

One:

Lifting

the

Bas

cule

s W

ith S

team

Pow

erA

sk p

upils

to

look

at

the

‘How

the

Bas

cule

s Wer

e R

aise

d’ c

ards

(18

94 t

o 19

76)

whi

ch s

how

eac

h st

ep o

f the

proc

ess.

As

a cl

ass,

put

the

‘How

the

Bas

cule

s Wer

e R

aise

d’ c

ards

in t

he c

orre

ct o

rder

.

Corr

ect O

rder

: CO

AL

BO

ILER

S

TEAM

P

RESS

URE

H

YDRA

ULI

C EN

ERG

Y

BRID

GE

OPE

RATO

R

BAS

CULE

EN

GIN

E B

RID

GE

OPE

NS

Op

tio

nal

: Dra

w a

dia

gram

sh

ow

ing

the

jo

urn

ey

of

a p

iece

of

coal

an

d h

ow

it

is t

ran

sfo

rme

d i

nto

en

erg

y to

po

we

r th

e s

team

en

gin

es.

Consi

der

and

disc

uss

as

a cl

ass:

Ho

w m

any

staf

f w

ou

ld b

e n

ece

ssar

y to

op

era

te t

he

mac

hin

ery

fo

r th

is p

roce

ss?

Teac

her’s

Not

e: T

here

are

no

corr

ect

answ

ers

in t

his

exer

cise

! We

wan

t pu

pils

to

cons

ider

the

labo

uran

d st

aff t

hat

wer

e re

quir

ed fo

r th

e st

eam

eng

ines

and

hyd

raul

ics

equi

pmen

t, an

d to

com

pare

the

labo

ur r

equi

rem

ents

aft

er t

he c

onve

rsio

n to

ele

ctri

c po

wer

.

Wh

at w

ou

ld t

he

ir r

ole

s h

ave

be

en

?

In y

ou

r e

stim

atio

n,

ho

w m

any

pe

op

le w

ere

ne

ed

ed

to

:-

Hau

l the

coa

l to

the

boile

r?

____

____

____

__-

Stok

e th

e bo

iler?

+__

____

____

____

- Fi

x th

e bo

iler

if it

brok

e?+

____

____

____

__-

Ope

rate

the

ste

am e

ngin

es?

+__

____

____

____

- M

aint

ain

/ fix

the

ste

am e

ngin

es?

+__

____

____

____

- Lo

ok a

fter

the

hyd

raul

ic s

tora

ge t

anks

?+

____

____

____

__-

Ope

rate

the

leve

rs in

the

cab

in o

n th

e br

idge

?+

____

____

____

__-

Mai

ntai

n / f

ix t

he b

ascu

le e

ngin

es?

+__

____

____

____

- M

aint

ain

the

hydr

aulic

pip

es?

+__

____

____

____

- M

anag

e / o

vers

ee t

he p

roce

ss?

+__

____

____

____

TO

TA

L=

____

____

____

__

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Citi

zens

hip:

1e,

2a,

2e

Des

ign

and

Tec

hnol

ogy:

4c,

4d

Geo

grap

hy: 2

a, 3

d, 3

e, 3

g, 4

bH

isto

ry: 2

a, 2

c, 2

d, 4

b, 6

, 7, 8

a, 1

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In y

our

estim

atio

n, h

ow m

any

hour

s pe

r da

y w

ould

sta

ff be

req

uire

d to

ope

rate

thi

s sy

stem

?An

swer

: 24

Tea

cher

’s N

ote:

Bef

ore

1976

, a s

hip

coul

d ‘tu

rn u

p’ a

t th

e br

idge

at

any

time

and

rais

e a

sign

al fl

ag t

ore

ques

t a

brid

ge li

ft. T

hat,

and

the

ongo

ing

dem

ands

of t

he h

ydra

ulic

sys

tem

, mea

nt t

hat

staf

f wer

e re

quir

ed 2

4 ho

urs

a da

y, s

even

day

s a

wee

k.

Part

Tw

o: Li

ftin

g th

e B

ascu

les

with E

lect

rici

tyIn

197

6, T

ower

Bri

dge

switc

hed

from

hyd

raul

ic t

o el

ectr

ic p

ower

. The

hyd

raul

ic m

achi

nery

stil

l fun

ctio

ned

(and

still

wou

ld fu

nctio

n to

day)

, but

the

man

pow

er r

equi

red

prov

ed t

oo e

xpen

sive

. Add

ition

ally,

the

re w

as n

o lo

nger

a co

mpa

ny in

Lon

don

who

cou

ld s

uppl

y hy

drau

lic p

ower

in t

he e

vent

tha

t Tow

er B

ridg

e’s

stea

m e

ngin

es fa

iled.

Lift

ing

the

Bas

cule

s N

OW

Ask

pup

ils t

o lo

ok a

t th

e ‘H

ow t

he B

ascu

les

Are

Rai

sed

(Now

)’ ca

rds

whi

ch s

how

eac

h st

ep o

f the

pro

cess

.A

s a

clas

s, p

ut t

he ‘H

ow t

he B

ascu

les

Are

Rai

sed’

car

ds in

the

cor

rect

ord

er.

Corr

ect O

rder

:EL

ECTR

IC E

NER

GY

B

RID

GE

OPE

RATO

R

BAS

CULE

EN

GIN

E

BRI

DG

E O

PEN

S

Consi

der

and

disc

uss

as

a cl

ass:

The

sta

ff w

hich

are

nec

essa

ry t

o op

erat

e th

e m

achi

nery

for

this

pro

cess

. Use

the

que

stio

ns b

elow

.In

you

r es

timat

ion,

how

man

y pe

ople

are

nee

ded

to:

- M

aint

ain

the

oper

atin

g sy

stem

?__

____

____

____

_-

Ope

rate

the

leve

rs in

the

cab

in o

n th

e br

idge

?+

____

____

____

__-

Mai

ntai

n / f

ix t

he b

ascu

le e

ngin

es?

+__

____

____

____

TO

TA

L=

____

____

____

__

How

man

y pe

ople

are

nee

ded

to m

anag

e th

e pr

oces

s (m

akin

g su

re e

very

body

doe

s hi

s or

her

job)

?An

swer

: 6

In y

our

estim

atio

n, h

ow m

any

hour

s pe

r da

y w

ould

sta

ff be

req

uire

d to

ope

rate

thi

s sy

stem

?An

swer

: 12

As

a C

lass

:C

onsi

der

the

new

met

hod

of r

aisi

ng t

he b

ascu

les;

disc

uss

wha

t ha

s ch

ange

d, in

ter

ms

of e

nerg

y an

d la

bour

.Q

ue

stio

ns:

Is t

he p

roce

ss s

impl

er n

ow?

How

man

y st

eps

have

bee

n el

imin

ated

? W

hich

ste

ps a

re t

hey?

Wha

t ar

e th

e im

plic

atio

ns o

f sim

plify

ing

a pr

oces

s?An

swer

: Fe

wer

ste

ps in

the

proc

ess

mea

n fe

wer

thin

gs c

an g

o w

rong

!

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

Con

side

r an

d di

scus

s ev

eryd

ay t

hing

s w

hich

red

uce

the

need

for

labo

ur (

eg d

ishw

ashe

r, w

ashi

ng m

achi

ne, e

tc).

Con

side

r an

d di

scus

s ho

w t

echn

olog

y m

akes

life

eas

ier,

but

also

how

it c

hang

es t

he la

bour

mar

ket

for

the

peop

lein

volv

ed.

Pupi

ls s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged

to m

ake

links

bet

wee

n th

e In

dust

rial

Rev

olut

ion

and

the

curr

ent

Info

rmat

ion

Rev

olut

ion.

AC

TIV

ITY 5

: C

ontinued

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ESIG

N Y

OU

R O

WN

RIV

ER

CR

OSSIN

G

Ob

ject

ive

s:•

To c

onsid

er p

roce

sses

of d

esig

n an

d co

nsul

tatio

n•

To u

nder

stan

d ho

w d

ecisi

ons

are

mad

e

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

• Im

ages

of t

he o

rigin

al T

ham

es R

iver

cro

ssin

g de

signs

(Ite

m #

16 in

thi

s Ki

t)

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

Tea

cher

’s N

ote:

Pup

ils c

ould

wor

k in

gro

ups

to m

ake

thei

r pr

esen

tatio

ns.

Look

at

the

vari

ous

prop

osed

des

igns

for

the

rive

r cr

ossi

ng.

Cho

ose

one

desi

gn t

o pr

opos

e to

the

com

mitt

ee. P

rese

nt y

our

desi

gn, e

xpla

inin

g w

hy y

ou t

hink

tha

t id

ea w

ould

have

wor

ked

bett

er.

Hav

e a

clas

s de

bate

abo

ut H

orac

e Jo

nes’

des

ign

for T

ower

Bri

dge.

Is it

the

BES

T s

olut

ion

to t

he p

robl

em?

(Ref

er t

o A

ctiv

ity 2

A fo

r ad

vice

for

sett

ing

up a

deb

ate.

)

Ext

ensi

on A

ctiv

ity

Imag

ine

that

the

Spec

ial C

omm

ittee

of t

he B

ridg

ehou

se C

omm

ittee

wer

e m

eetin

g to

day

to d

esig

n a

rive

r cr

ossi

ng.

Iden

tify

the

chan

ges

in t

he a

rea

surr

ound

ing

Tow

er H

ill t

hat

wou

ld a

ffect

a n

ew d

esig

n.

Opt

ional

Art

Act

ivity

Ask

pup

ils t

o de

sign

an

alte

rnat

ive

rive

r cr

ossi

ng t

hat

acco

mm

odat

es b

oth

rive

r tr

affic

and

roa

d tr

affic

. Dra

wor

bui

ld a

mod

el o

f the

des

ign

and

pres

ent

it to

the

cla

ss fo

r de

bate

.

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a,

1b,

2a,

2b,

5a

Citi

zens

hip:

1a,

2a,

2e,

2f,

2jD

esig

n an

d T

echn

olog

y: 1

a, 2

a, 2

c, 2

d,3c

, 4a,

4b,

5a,

5b,

5c

Engl

ish:

En1

.1a-

f, En

1.2a

-e, E

n.3a

-f, E

n1.7

,En

1.8b

+c,

En1

.9c,

En1

.10c

Geo

grap

hy: 1

d, 2

a, 2

g, 4

b, 6

a, 6

d, 6

e, 7

aH

isto

ry: 2

a, 4

b, 6

, 7, 8

a, 1

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EX

HIB

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S A

LA

ND

MA

RK

Ob

ject

ive

:•

To e

xplo

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e id

ea o

f a la

ndm

ark

and

its im

porta

nce

to a

city

or n

atio

n

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

• Im

ages

of T

ower

Brid

ge (

Item

#16

in t

his

Kit,

plus

imag

es fr

om y

our

visit

!)•

Cur

rent

mar

ketin

g m

ater

ial f

rom

Tow

er B

ridge

(NO

TE: B

e su

re t

o co

llect

bro

chur

es a

nd p

amph

lets

whe

n yo

u vi

sit To

wer

Brid

ge E

xhib

ition

!)

As

a cl

ass,

dis

cuss

:T

ower

Bri

dge

is k

now

n al

l ove

r th

e w

orld

as

a la

ndm

ark

of L

ondo

n. W

hat

othe

r la

ndm

arks

can

you

thi

nk o

fw

hich

sym

bolis

e Lo

ndon

? H

ave

you

visi

ted

any

of t

hem

? W

hat

did

you

thin

k of

the

m?

Mak

e a

lis

t o

f o

the

r la

nd

mar

ks

in L

on

do

n.

Que

stio

n:C

an y

ou t

hink

of o

ther

land

mar

ks in

oth

er c

ities

in t

he U

K?

Que

stio

n:C

an y

ou t

hink

of o

ther

land

mar

ks in

oth

er c

ities

aro

und

the

wor

ld?

Re

vie

w t

he

lis

t o

f la

nd

mar

ks.

Dis

cuss

wh

ich

ch

arac

teri

stic

s m

ake

s so

me

thin

g a

lan

dm

ark

.

Que

stio

n:W

hat

do la

ndm

arks

hav

e in

com

mon

: The

ir s

hape

? The

ir s

ize?

The

ir lo

catio

n? T

heir

func

tion?

The

ir h

isto

ry?

The

ir r

elat

ions

hip

to t

he p

eopl

e in

the

pla

ce?

Que

stio

n:W

hat

is t

he p

urpo

se o

f a la

ndm

ark?

Que

stio

n:W

hat

do la

ndm

arks

mak

e us

feel

abo

ut a

pla

ce? W

hy a

re t

hey

impo

rtan

t?Q

uest

ion:

Wha

t ki

nd o

f fun

ctio

ns d

o la

ndm

arks

hav

e? W

hat

do t

hey

cele

brat

e?Q

uest

ion:

Wha

t so

rt o

f job

s do

land

mar

ks c

reat

e in

a c

ity?

Pla

ce y

our

pupi

ls into

sm

all gro

ups

and

ask

each

gro

up

to:

Imag

ine

yo

u h

ave

to

de

sign

a n

ew

lan

dm

ark

fo

r L

on

do

n,

and

yo

u h

ave

to

‘p

itch

’ yo

ur

de

sign

to

an o

ffic

ial

com

mit

tee

fo

r co

nsi

de

rati

on

.

Que

stio

n:W

hat

are

the

mos

t im

port

ant

thin

gs t

o th

ink

abou

t w

hen

mak

ing

plan

s fo

r a

land

mar

k?

1)

Mak

e a

lis

t o

f th

e c

on

sid

era

tio

ns

for

you

r la

nd

mar

k. I

ncl

ud

e p

urp

ose

an

dm

ean

ing,

lo

cati

on

, si

ze,

de

sign

, m

ate

rial

s, a

nd

re

lati

on

ship

to

lo

cal

resi

de

nts

or

visi

tors

to

Lo

nd

on

.

2)

Pre

par

e a

‘p

itch

’ fo

r th

e c

om

mit

tee

(th

e r

est

of

the

cla

ss),

ou

tlin

ing

wh

y yo

uth

ink

yo

ur

lan

dm

ark

is

the

be

st d

esi

gn f

or

Lo

nd

on

.

3)

Pre

par

e d

esig

ns

for

the

lan

dm

ark

(to

go

wit

h y

ou

r ‘p

itch

’), i

ncl

ud

ing

dra

win

gsan

d o

the

r im

age

s o

f yo

ur

lan

dm

ark

.

4)

Mak

e y

ou

r p

itch

to

th

e c

om

mit

tee

!

Ext

ensi

on A

rt A

ctiv

ity

• C

onsi

der

your

list

of l

andm

arks

in t

he U

K a

nd a

roun

d th

e w

orld

(ab

ove)

.•

Mak

e a

gian

t ill

ustr

ated

UK

and

/ or

Wor

ld M

ap fo

r yo

ur c

lass

room

.•

Cho

ose

a la

ndm

ark

and

draw

a p

ictu

re o

f it.

Cut

out

eac

h ill

ustr

atio

n an

d st

ick

it on

the

map

.

6.19

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a

Citi

zens

hip:

1a

Des

ign

and

Tec

hnol

ogy:

1a,

1b,

5b

Engl

ish:

En1

.1a-

f, En

1.2a

-e, E

n1.7

, En1

.8b+

c,En

1.9c

, En1

.10c

Geo

grap

hy: 1

a, 1

d, 2

a, 3

a, 3

b, 3

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g, 6

a, 7

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EX

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NA

S A

WO

RLD

LA

ND

MA

RK

Ob

ject

ive

:•

To e

xplo

re th

e ro

le o

f the

mar

ketin

g de

part

men

t in

a vis

itor a

ttrac

tion

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

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es:

• Im

ages

of T

ower

Brid

ge (

Item

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in t

his

Kit,

plus

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es fr

om y

our

visit

!)•

Cur

rent

mar

ketin

g m

ater

ial f

rom

Tow

er B

ridge

(NO

TE: B

e su

re t

o co

llect

bro

chur

es a

nd p

amph

lets

whe

n yo

u vi

sit To

wer

Brid

ge E

xhib

ition

!)•

Art

mat

eria

ls

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

Imag

ine

you

are

part

of t

he M

arke

ting T

eam

of T

ower

Bri

dge

Exhi

bitio

n. D

iscu

ss t

he r

ole

of a

‘Mar

ketin

g T

eam

’.W

hat

are

they

try

ing

to d

o, a

nd w

hat

do t

hey

use

to d

o th

is?

Dis

cuss

with p

upi

ls:

Dis

cuss

the

rol

e an

d fu

nctio

ns o

f the

Mar

ketin

g T

eam

at

Tow

er B

ridg

e Ex

hibi

tion,

incl

udin

g:•

Att

ract

ing

visi

tor

from

the

UK

and

all

over

the

wor

ld t

o vi

sit

Tow

er B

ridg

e Ex

hibi

tion

• C

reat

ing

and

dist

ribu

ting

‘col

late

ral’

whi

ch in

form

s po

tent

ial v

isito

rs a

bout

how

to

mak

e a

visi

t•

Find

ing

way

s to

impr

ove

the

visi

tor’

s ex

peri

ence

of T

ower

Bri

dge

Exhi

bitio

n, s

o th

at t

hey

will

vis

itag

ain

and/

or t

ell t

heir

frie

nds

abou

t th

e vi

sit.

Cre

ate

a pi

ece

of M

arke

ting

Collat

eral

Div

ide

the

clas

s in

to s

mal

l gro

ups.

Pup

ils s

houl

d co

ntin

ue t

o im

agin

e th

ey a

re p

art

of t

he M

arke

ting

Tea

m a

tT

ower

Bri

dge

Exhi

bitio

n, b

ut y

ou c

ould

giv

e ea

ch g

roup

a s

peci

fic o

bjec

tive

(e.g

. pro

mot

ing

Tow

er B

ridg

eEx

hibi

tion

to fa

mili

es w

ith c

hild

ren,

to

visi

tors

from

ove

rsea

s, o

r to

edu

cato

rs, e

t al

).

Ask

eac

h gr

oup

to d

esig

n a

post

er w

hich

att

ract

s vi

sito

rs t

o T

ower

Bri

dge

Exhi

bitio

n:

1.

Sele

ct a

n im

age o

f th

e b

rid

ge, o

r p

art

of

it, t

hat

wil

l ge

t th

e a

tten

tio

n o

f yo

ur

aud

ien

ce, s

om

eth

ing

wh

ich

wo

uld

be

app

rop

riat

e fo

r a

larg

e p

ost

er o

r b

illb

oar

d.

2.

Ide

nti

fy a

qu

est

ion

or

stat

em

en

t to

go

wit

h t

he

pic

ture

th

at w

ou

ld m

ake

pe

op

le s

top

an

d t

hin

k.

3.

Imag

ine

the

bri

dge

is a

skin

g th

e q

ues

tio

n t

o a

pas

ser-

by.

It

mig

ht

be

som

eth

ing

of

a p

uzz

le.(

Fo

r e

xam

ple

, d

o y

ou

kn

ow

wh

at a

bas

cule

is?

Do

yo

u k

no

w h

ow

a b

ascu

le w

ork

s?).

4.

Th

ink

of

an i

nte

rest

ing

fact

ab

ou

t th

e b

rid

ge t

hat

co

uld

go

wit

h t

he

pic

ture

.

5.

Wri

te a

few

sen

ten

ces

abo

ut

the p

ictu

re a

nd

to

say

wh

at w

as g

reat

ab

ou

t th

evi

sit.

FIN

AL

LY

Dis

cuss

dif

fere

nt

way

s yo

u c

ou

ld p

rese

nt

the

mat

eria

l (to

peo

ple

fro

m a

ll o

ver

the

wo

rld

) an

d t

hin

k a

bo

ut

ho

w t

o a

rran

ge t

he

pic

ture

, q

ue

stio

n,

amaz

ing

fact

an

d s

tory

.

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a,

1b,

1c,

2a,

2b,

2c, 4

a, 4

b, 5

a, 5

b, 5

dEn

glis

h: E

n3.1

a-e,

En3

.2a-

e, E

n3.6

a,En

3.8,

En3

.9a-

c, E

n3.1

1IC

T: 2

a, 3

a, 3

b,

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UR

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TO

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RID

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EX

HIB

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NO

bje

ctiv

e:

•To

iden

tify

key

fact

s an

d po

ints

of i

nter

est i

n an

d ar

ound

Tow

er B

ridge

Exh

ibiti

on•

To u

nder

stan

d th

e ro

le o

f a To

ur G

uide

at a

visi

tor a

ttrac

tion

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

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es:

• ‘M

y Visi

t to

Tow

er B

ridge

Exh

ibiti

on’

Wor

kshe

et•

Tow

er B

ridge

Fac

ts S

heet

(Ite

m #

7 in

thi

s Ki

t)

Ask

your

pupi

ls t

o:

Imag

ine

th

ey

are

we

lco

min

g a

visi

tor

wh

o i

s co

min

g to

Lo

nd

on

fo

r th

e f

irst

tim

e.

Dis

cuss

th

e r

ole

of

a gu

ide

at

a la

nd

mar

k o

r to

uri

st a

ttra

ctio

n:

• Id

entif

y w

hat

a he

lpfu

l gui

de n

eeds

to

know

.•

Iden

tify

wha

t a

help

ful g

uide

nee

ds t

o pr

epar

e fo

r hi

s or

her

vis

itor.

• Id

entif

y w

hat

a he

lpfu

l gui

de n

eeds

to

do o

nce

thei

r vi

sito

rs a

rriv

e.•

Iden

tify

five

plac

es in

or

near

Tow

er B

ridg

e Ex

hibi

tion

that

hav

e an

inte

rest

ing

stor

y or

fact

, and

/or

that

a gu

ide

may

wan

t to

focu

s on

whe

n ho

stin

g vi

sito

rs.

Wh

en

ch

oo

sin

g yo

ur

five

pla

ces,

yo

u m

ay w

ant

to c

on

sid

er:

1)

To

we

r B

rid

ge i

tse

lf: i

ts h

isto

ry,

its

con

stru

ctio

n,

fun

fac

ts a

bo

ut

the

bri

dge

and

its

im

po

rtan

ce a

s a

Lo

nd

on

lan

dm

ark

.

2)

Th

e H

igh

Le

vel

Wal

kw

ays:

th

eir

fu

nct

ion

an

d w

hat

yo

u s

ee

fro

m u

p t

he

re,

and

wh

eth

er

tho

se t

hin

gs h

ave

an

in

tere

stin

g st

ory

or

fact

.

3)

Th

e St

eam

En

gin

e R

oo

ms:

wh

at h

app

ened

th

ere

un

til 1

976

and

wh

at is

dis

pla

yed

the

re n

ow

.

4)

Th

e n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

aro

un

d T

ow

er

Bri

dge

: bu

ild

ings

, lo

cal

his

tory

, e

t al

.

Div

ide

the

clas

s in

to g

roups

, an

d as

k ea

ch g

roup

to:

•Im

agin

e t

he

y ar

e a

te

am o

f gu

ide

s at

To

we

r B

rid

ge E

xh

ibit

ion

.

• W

rite

do

wn

a p

lan

fo

r a

tou

r o

f T

ow

er

Bri

dge

Ex

hib

itio

n a

nd

all

th

e p

oin

tsto

sh

ow

yo

ur

visi

tor.

• T

hin

k a

bo

ut

the

qu

est

ion

s yo

ur

visi

tor

mig

ht

hav

e.

• M

ake

a l

ist

of

tho

se q

ue

stio

ns,

an

d t

he

n t

ry t

o f

ind

th

e a

nsw

ers

.

•D

iscu

ss t

he

qu

est

ion

s an

d a

nsw

ers

as

a cl

ass.

Wh

ere

th

ey

hav

en

’t b

ee

n a

ble

to f

ind

th

e i

nfo

rmat

ion

, as

k p

up

ils

to c

on

sid

er

wh

at t

he

y th

ink

th

e a

nsw

ers

mig

ht

be

. Dis

cuss

po

ssib

le s

ou

rce

s fo

r re

sear

chin

g in

form

atio

n a

bo

ut

To

we

rB

rid

ge E

xh

ibit

ion

an

d t

he

loca

l ar

ea.

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Engl

ish:

En1

.3a-

e, E

n1.7

, En1

. 10a

Geo

grap

hy: 3

a, 3

c, 3

d, 3

e, 6

a, 6

c, 6

d, 7

aH

isto

ry: 1

a, 1

b, 2

a, 2

c, 2

d, 4

a, 4

b, 5

a, 5

b,6,

7, 8

a, 1

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AC

TIV

ITY 8

A: TH

E P

OO

L O

F L

ON

DO

Nan

d LO

ND

ON

S L

AR

DE

R

Ob

ject

ive

s:•

To u

nder

stan

d th

e hi

stor

y of

the

Rive

r Tha

mes

and

indu

stry

in th

e lo

cal a

rea

• To

und

erst

and

the

chan

ging

role

of t

he R

iver T

ham

es fr

om V

ictor

ian

times

to p

rese

nt d

ay

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

• ‘M

y V

isit

to T

ower

Brid

ge E

xhib

ition

’ Wor

kshe

et•

Loca

l Are

a M

ap (

Item

#4

in t

his

Kit)

• W

orld

Map

Wor

kshe

et, d

uplic

ated

for

each

stu

dent

(Ite

m #

15 in

thi

s Ki

t)

Rea

d th

e fo

llow

ing

pass

ages

to y

our

pupi

ls:

Th

e R

ive

r T

ham

es’

ro

le i

n L

on

do

n i

n 1

860: A

Co

mm

erc

ial

Riv

er

In 1

860,

the

MO

DE

RN

LO

ND

ON

vis

itor’s

gui

de (

publ

ishe

d by

John

Mur

ray)

des

crib

ed t

he R

iver

Tha

mes

with

in L

ondo

n as

the

‘nob

lest

com

mer

cial

riv

er in

the

wor

ld,’

and

estim

ated

tha

t 10

,000

vess

els

used

the

Por

t of

Lon

don

each

yea

r. Fr

om la

rge

ship

s to

col

liers

(ba

rges

whi

ch c

arri

ed c

oal),

the

Tha

mes

was

an

impo

rtan

t pa

rt o

f Lon

don’

s ec

onom

y.

It w

as a

mea

ns o

f TR

AN

SP

OR

TA

TIO

N, i

t w

as a

mea

ns o

f DIS

TR

IBU

TIO

N (

for

food

and

good

s), a

nd it

was

a s

ourc

e of

JO

BS

.

Car

go s

hips

wou

ld tr

avel

up

the

Riv

er T

ham

es in

to th

e Po

ol o

f Lon

don.

Val

uabl

e go

ods

and

com

mod

ities

wer

e of

fload

ed t

o th

e no

rth

side

of t

he P

ool o

f Lon

don

(into

the

City

), w

hile

food

stu

ffs a

nd s

pice

sw

ere

offlo

aded

to

the

sout

h si

de o

f the

Poo

l of L

ondo

n (in

to B

anks

ide

and

Berm

onds

ey).

Doc

k w

orke

rs, c

alle

d ‘s

teve

dore

s’, w

ould

offl

oad

the

carg

o to

ligh

term

en (

who

wor

ked

on s

mal

lbo

ats)

, who

wou

ld tr

ansp

ort t

he c

argo

to th

e ri

vers

ide.

The

re, t

he c

argo

wou

ld b

e st

ored

in w

areh

ouse

san

d us

ed in

the

pro

duct

ion

of v

ario

us e

dibl

e pr

oduc

ts, g

ivin

g th

e ne

ighb

ourh

ood

the

nick

nam

e‘L

ondo

n’s

Lard

er.’

The

offl

oadi

ng, t

rans

port

atio

n an

d di

stri

butio

n of

car

go a

nd t

he m

anuf

actu

re o

f edi

ble

good

s w

as v

ery

labo

ur-in

tens

ive

and

prov

ided

a lo

t of

jobs

to

the

loca

l are

a.

Th

e R

ive

r T

ham

es’

ro

le i

n L

on

do

n i

n 2

005: A

Le

isu

re A

me

nit

yIn

200

5, t

he E

YEW

ITN

ESS

LON

DO

N v

isito

r’s g

uide

(pu

blis

hed

by D

orlin

g K

inde

rsle

y) d

escr

ibed

the

Riv

er T

ham

es a

s ‘th

e ca

pita

l’s fo

rem

ost

leis

ure

amen

ity’ a

nd p

rovi

ded

info

rmat

ion

abou

t to

uris

t bo

atse

rvic

es, a

s w

ell a

s m

useu

ms

and

rest

aura

nts

loca

ted

alon

g th

e ri

vers

ide.

In L

ondo

n, t

he R

iver

Tha

mes

may

no

long

er b

e a

‘wor

king

riv

er,’

but

it do

es s

erve

an

impo

rtan

t fu

nctio

n –

as a

vis

itor

attr

actio

nan

d pl

ace

to h

ave

fun.

Dis

cuss

th

e d

efi

nit

ion

s o

f th

e t

erm

s ‘c

om

me

rcia

l’ a

nd

‘le

isu

re’:

‘Com

mer

cial

’ (ad

ject

ive)

– c

once

rnin

g bu

sine

ss; u

sed

for

finan

cial

gai

n.

‘Lei

sure

’ (no

un)

– co

ncer

ning

free

tim

e an

d fu

n.

As

a cl

ass,

mak

e a

list

of po

ssib

le r

easo

ns

why

the

role

of th

e R

iver

Tham

es c

han

ged

so m

uch

in L

ondo

n f

rom

1860 t

o 2

005.

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Engl

ish:

En3

.1a-

e, E

n3.8

,En

3.9a

+b,

En3

.11,

En3

.12

Geo

grap

hy: 1

a, 2

a, 2

c, 3

a, 3

b, 3

c,3d

, 3e,

3g,

4b,

6a,

6c,

6d

His

tory

: 2a,

2c,

2d,

5a,

5b,

6, 7

, 8a,

11a

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A: C

ontinued

Rea

d th

e fo

llow

ing

to y

our

pupi

ls:

So

wh

y d

id r

ole

of

the

Riv

er

Th

ame

s in

Lo

nd

on

ch

ange

so

mu

ch?

Two

thin

gs w

ere

resp

onsi

ble

for

the

chan

ge: 1

) T

he R

ailw

ays

and

2) T

he a

ctiv

ities

of t

he P

ort

ofLo

ndon

Aut

hori

ty.

1. T

he

Rai

lway

sBe

fore

the

rai

lway

s w

ere

built

, tra

nspo

rtat

ion

of g

oods

rel

ied

on s

hips

. Sm

alle

r sh

ips

coul

d na

viga

tesh

allo

w w

ater

and

tra

vel u

p th

e R

iver

Tha

mes

and

doc

k at

the

Poo

l of L

ondo

n. F

rom

the

re, t

he c

argo

coul

d be

tak

en o

n sh

ort

jour

neys

by

hors

e an

d ca

rt.

Onc

e th

e ra

ilway

s w

ere

built

, how

ever

, the

y pr

ovid

ed a

net

wor

k to

mov

e go

ods

acro

ss t

he U

K. S

hips

no lo

nger

nee

ded

to c

ome

all t

he w

ay u

p th

e R

iver

Tha

mes

into

the

Poo

l of L

ondo

n. S

hips

wer

e be

ing

built

larg

er in

siz

e (t

he b

igge

r th

e sh

ip, t

he m

ore

carg

o it

coul

d ca

rry!

). T

hese

shi

ps n

eede

d de

epw

ater

por

ts, w

here

the

y co

uld

dock

and

be

offlo

aded

. Fro

m t

here

, the

car

go w

as lo

aded

ont

o tr

ains

for

tran

spor

tatio

n to

its

dest

inat

ions

.

2. T

he

Act

ivit

ies

of

the

Po

rt o

f L

on

do

n A

uth

ori

tyT

hrou

ghou

t th

e 19

th c

entu

ry, t

raffi

c on

the

Riv

er T

ham

es in

crea

sed

until

the

con

gest

ion

beca

me

apr

oble

m. T

he P

ort

of L

ondo

n A

utho

rity

was

cre

ated

in 1

909

to s

olve

the

pro

blem

. The

ir s

olut

ion?

To b

uild

a d

eep

wat

er s

hipp

ing

chan

nel a

t Tilb

ury

(25

mile

s do

wns

trea

m fr

om t

he P

ool o

f Lon

don)

,w

here

the

Riv

er T

ham

es w

as 8

00 m

etre

s w

ide.

In c

ontr

ast,

at t

he P

ool o

f Lon

don,

the

Riv

er T

ham

esw

as 6

1 m

etre

s w

ide.

The

y al

so b

uilt

a ca

rgo

jett

y at

the

Kin

g G

eorg

e V

doc

ks, a

nd in

crea

sed

the

area

of t

he L

ondo

n do

cks

by s

ix s

quar

e m

iles

by 1

925.

The

se a

nd o

ther

impr

ovem

ents

mea

nt t

hat

carg

o sh

ips

coul

d do

ck a

t Tilb

ury

and

offlo

ad t

heir

car

go.

Thi

s no

t on

ly e

ased

con

gest

ion

in t

he P

ool o

f Lon

don,

it e

nded

its

com

mer

cial

act

iviti

es it

! By

1970

,St

Kat

hari

ne D

ocks

and

the

doc

ks in

the

Poo

l of L

ondo

n w

ere

clos

ed t

o co

mm

erci

al s

hips

.

Dis

cuss

as

a C

lass

:T

he R

iver

Tha

mes

was

a r

oute

for

food

impo

rts

from

aro

und

the

wor

ld, e

spec

ially

spi

ces.

Man

y of

the

loca

lbu

ildin

gs h

ave

been

nam

ed a

fter

the

spi

ces

whi

ch w

ere

once

sto

red

ther

e.

Ask

your

pupi

ls:

Que

stio

n: D

id y

ou s

ee a

ny o

ld w

areh

ouse

s in

the

nei

ghbo

urho

od?

Que

stio

n:W

hat

wer

e so

me

of t

he n

ames

of t

he w

areh

ouse

s an

d bu

ildin

gs y

ou s

aw?

Answ

er:

Cinn

amon

Wha

rf, C

oria

nder

Wha

rf, C

umin

Wha

rf, G

inge

r Wha

rf, V

anilla

Wha

rf,

and

Tea

Trad

e Wha

rf (a

mon

g ot

hers

)

Que

stio

n:D

oes

anyb

ody

know

whe

re t

hese

spi

ces

cam

e fr

om?

Answ

er:

Cinn

amon

– In

done

siaCo

riand

er –

Nor

th A

mer

icaCu

min

– In

dia

Gin

ger

– Ch

ina

Vani

lla –

Mad

agas

car

Tea

– Sr

i Lan

ka (f

orm

erly

Ceylo

n)

Iden

tify

on a

wor

ld m

ap t

he lo

catio

n of

eac

h of

the

se p

lace

s.

con

tin

ues

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Act

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Usi

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he W

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Map

Wor

kshe

et (

Item

#15

in t

his

Kit)

, ide

ntify

Lon

don

as t

he d

estin

atio

n an

d id

entif

y ea

ch o

fth

e ab

ove

coun

trie

s as

the

ori

gin

of e

ach

spic

e. D

raw

pat

hs fo

r th

e sh

ips

to t

rave

l fro

m t

heir

ori

gin

to L

ondo

n.

You

may

als

o ch

oose

to

expa

nd t

his

activ

ity t

o in

clud

e a

disc

ussi

on o

f wor

ld g

eogr

aphy

(in

clud

ing

topi

cs s

uch

as G

reen

wic

h M

erid

ian,

the

Equ

ator

, the

Tro

pics

of C

ance

r an

d C

apri

corn

, and

long

itude

and

latit

ude)

. Enc

oura

gest

uden

ts t

o do

map

-bas

ed a

ctiv

ities

on

the

Wor

ld M

ap W

orks

heet

(It

em #

15 in

thi

s K

it).

Wri

ting

Act

ivity:

The

Futu

re o

f th

e R

iver

!Im

agin

e yo

u ar

e liv

ing

in L

ondo

n 15

0 ye

ars

from

now

and

hav

e to

wri

te a

gui

debo

ok e

ntry

abo

ut t

he R

iver

Tha

mes

. Wri

te a

par

agra

ph a

bout

the

‘Riv

er T

ham

es o

f the

Fut

ure’

:

Th

ings

to

co

nsi

de

r:

•W

hat

wil

l th

e r

ole

of

the

Riv

er

Th

ame

s b

e?

•W

ill

it b

e a

co

mm

erc

ial

rive

r? O

r w

ill

it b

e a

le

isu

re a

me

nit

y?

• W

ill

the

wat

er

be

cle

an?

Wh

ich

kin

ds

of

wil

dli

fe w

ill

live

in

or

ne

ar t

he

riv

er?

•W

hat

typ

e o

f b

oat

s an

d v

ess

els

wil

l tr

ave

l al

on

g it

?

•H

ow

wil

l L

on

do

ne

rs g

et

acro

ss i

t?

•W

hat

wil

l T

ow

er

Bri

dge

be

lik

e?

AC

TIV

ITY 8

A: C

ontinued

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B:

MU

DLA

RK

SA

ND

TH

E P

OR

T O

F L

ON

DO

NO

bje

ctiv

es:

• To

und

erst

and

loca

l hist

ory

and

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f the

are

a to

the

ship

ping

indu

stry

• To

und

erst

and

how

poo

r chi

ldre

n m

ade

a liv

ing

from

the

Rive

r Tha

mes

in V

ictor

ian

times

Rea

d th

e fo

llow

ing

text

to y

our

clas

s:

MU

DL

AR

KIN

GIn

Vic

tori

an t

imes

, ‘mud

lark

s’ w

ere

child

ren

who

live

d in

poo

r ne

ighb

ourh

oods

and

ten

emen

ts n

ear

the

rive

r an

d hu

nted

for

valu

able

obj

ects

on

the

rive

rban

k of

the

Tha

mes

. Dur

ing

low

tid

e, t

hey

wou

ldpa

ddle

thr

ough

the

mud

on

the

shor

e –

som

etim

es u

p to

wai

st-d

eep

– an

d co

llect

wha

teve

r th

eyfo

und.

With

so

man

y bo

ats

carr

ying

so

man

y di

ffere

nt c

argo

s in

to t

he P

ool o

f Lon

don,

the

‘mud

lark

s’fo

und

piec

es o

f coa

l, ch

unks

of i

ron,

old

rop

e, a

nim

al b

ones

, dea

d bo

dies

(eek

!) an

d co

pper

nai

ls w

hich

drop

ped

from

bar

ges

near

the

riv

erba

nk. ‘M

udla

rks’

wou

ld s

ell t

he t

hing

s th

ey fo

und.

‘Mud

lark

s’ a

lso

pick

ed u

p ar

tefa

cts

whi

ch h

ad b

een

drop

ped

onto

the

riv

erba

nk fr

om t

he w

areh

ouse

san

d bu

sine

sses

whi

ch w

ere

alon

g th

e R

iver

Tha

mes

nea

r Tow

er B

ridg

e.

Man

y ‘m

udla

rks’

had

no

shoe

s; ev

en s

o, t

hey

‘lark

ed’ i

n th

e m

ud in

all

wea

ther

con

ditio

ns. M

any

‘mud

lark

s’ w

ere

scou

ndre

ls –

pad

dlin

g ou

t in

bet

wee

n co

al b

arge

s an

d w

orki

ng in

tea

ms

to k

nock

piec

es o

f coa

l fro

m t

he b

arge

into

the

mud

. The

y w

ould

the

n pi

ck u

p th

e co

al fr

om t

he m

ud a

nd s

ell

it fo

r fu

el. S

omet

imes

, the

y w

ere

caug

ht b

y th

e po

lice

and

arre

sted

as

thie

ves.

Ask

pu

pil

s to

imag

ine

they

are

‘mu

dla

rks’

in V

icto

rian

Lo

nd

on

an

d c

on

sid

er t

he

life

of

a ‘m

ud

lark

’:

Que

stio

n: W

hat

kind

s of

thi

ngs

do t

hey

thin

k th

ey m

ight

find

nea

r bo

ats

alon

g th

e ri

ver?

Que

stio

n: W

hat

kind

s of

dan

gers

mig

ht a

‘mud

lark

’ enc

ount

er a

long

the

riv

erba

nk?

Or

in t

he R

iver

Tha

mes

?Co

nsid

er: T

he d

ange

rs a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith ti

des,

wat

er, m

ud, o

ther

peo

ple,

larg

e m

ovin

g bo

ats,

anim

als,

chan

ging

wea

ther

, jagg

ed m

etal

, etc

.

Que

stio

n: W

hat

wou

ld a

‘mud

lark

’ loo

k lik

e at

the

end

of t

he d

ay?

Art

Act

ivity:

Ask

pup

ils t

o dr

aw a

pic

ture

of w

hat

they

imag

ine

a ‘m

udla

rk’ m

ight

look

like

.

Journ

al A

ctiv

ity:

Ask

pup

ils t

o im

agin

e m

ore

of w

hat

ever

yday

life

was

like

for

a ‘m

udla

rk’.

Kee

p a

diar

y fo

r on

e w

eek

whi

chim

agin

es a

nd d

escr

ibes

the

life

of a

‘mud

lark

’ and

his

or

her

expe

rien

ces.

Ext

ensi

on A

ctiv

ity:

Mode

rn

Mudla

rks

!A

sk p

upils

to

imag

ine

they

are

mod

ern

‘mud

lark

s’. W

hat

sort

of t

hing

s w

ould

you

find

alo

ng t

he T

ham

es r

iver

bank

now

?

For

Furt

her

Exp

lora

tion:

Con

tact

the

Tha

mes

Disc

over

y Pr

ogra

mm

e at

ww

w.th

ames

disc

over

y.org

. Tha

mes

Disc

over

y Pr

ogra

mm

e or

gani

ses

‘mud

lark

ing’

arc

haeo

logi

cal e

vent

s al

ong

the

Riv

er T

ham

es.

6.2

5

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a,

1b,

2c,

5a

Engl

ish:

En3

.1a-

e, E

n3.8

, En3

.9a,

En3.

12G

eogr

aphy

: 1a,

2a,

3a,

3d,

3e,

4b, 6

a,6c

, 6d,

6e,

7a

His

tory

: 2a,

2b,

6, 8

a, 1

1a

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Ob

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To re

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of To

wer

Brid

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loca

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iona

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glo

bal h

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in th

e19

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Lond

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eac

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upi

l to

:R

evie

w t

heir

wor

kshe

ets

from

you

r vi

sit

to T

ower

Bri

dge

Exhi

bitio

n.

Tim

elin

e A

ctiv

ity:

Ask

pu

pil

s to

co

nsi

der

To

wer

Bri

dge

as

a w

itn

ess

to

ove

r 10

0 ye

ars

of

Lo

nd

on

an

d W

orl

d H

isto

ry.

Firs

t, m

ake

a la

rge

timel

ine

for

your

cla

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all,

with

188

6 as

the

firs

t da

te. T

his

is t

he d

ate

Tow

er B

ridg

ew

as s

tart

ed. T

he la

st d

ate

on y

our

timel

ine

shou

ld b

e th

e cu

rren

t ye

ar!

Dra

w il

lust

ratio

ns o

f the

con

stru

ctio

n of

Tow

er B

ridg

e (s

ee A

ctiv

ity 3

A)

and

add

thos

e to

the

tim

elin

e be

twee

n18

86 a

nd 1

894.

Dra

w a

n ill

ustr

atio

n of

the

offi

cial

ope

ning

of T

ower

Bri

dge

and

add

that

dra

win

g to

the

tim

elin

eon

the

dat

e 18

94.

Con

side

r hi

stor

ic e

vent

s th

at o

ccur

red

in t

he 1

9th

and

20th

cen

turi

es in

Lon

don,

the

UK

and

acr

oss

the

wor

ld.

Ask

pup

ils t

o ch

oose

an

hist

oric

eve

nt a

nd t

o ill

ustr

ate

it. A

dd t

hose

eve

nts

to y

our

timel

ine.

Pup

ils w

ill s

eeTo

wer

Bri

dge

in c

onte

xt w

ith lo

cal,

natio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal h

isto

ric

even

ts.

So

me

His

tori

cal

Eve

nts

to

Ge

t Y

ou

Th

ink

ing:

Thi

s is

just

a li

st o

f sug

gest

ions

. You

cou

ld b

rain

stor

m e

ven

mor

e ev

ents

whi

ch h

ave

occu

rred

sin

ce 1

886.

Per

haps

ther

e ar

e lo

cal h

isto

ry e

vent

s or

fam

ous

peop

le w

hom

you

’d li

ke t

o in

clud

e in

you

r tim

elin

e. P

erha

ps y

ou c

ould

incl

ude

your

pup

ils’ b

irth

date

s in

you

r tim

elin

e.

Ext

ensi

on A

ctiv

ity:

Use

the

inte

rnet

to

rese

arch

the

dat

es o

f any

eve

nts

or p

eopl

e th

at y

ou w

ant

to a

dd t

o yo

ur t

imel

ine.

6.2

6

Lo

nd

on

His

tory

1898

:Lo

ndon

’s fir

st e

scal

ator

1932

:La

mbe

th B

ridg

e op

ens

1940

:A

ir r

aids

beg

in o

n Lo

ndon

(Sec

ond

Wor

ld W

ar)

1945

: La

st V

2 ro

cket

att

ack

on L

ondo

n19

66:

Engl

and

win

the

Wor

ld C

up20

00:

The

Lon

don

Eye

was

fini

shed

2005

:Lo

ndon

win

s th

e bi

d to

hos

t th

e20

12 S

umm

er O

lym

pics

UK

/ W

orl

d H

isto

ry19

01:

Que

en V

icto

ria

dies

1922

:T

he B

BC b

egin

s ra

dio

tran

smis

sion

s19

53:

Que

en E

lizab

eth

II w

ascr

owne

d at

St

Paul

’sC

athe

dral

1969

:Lu

nar

Land

ing

of A

pollo

11

1990

:N

elso

n M

ande

la is

rel

ease

dfr

om p

riso

n in

Sou

th A

fric

a20

08:

Bara

ck O

bam

a is

ele

cted

Pres

iden

t of

the

USA

To

we

r B

rid

ge H

isto

ry18

86:

Tow

er B

ridg

e is

sta

rted

1894

: To

wer

Bri

dge

is fi

nish

ed19

12:

A p

lane

flie

s un

dern

eath

the

high

leve

l wal

kway

s of

the

brid

ge19

52:

A L

ondo

n do

uble

deck

er b

usju

mps

the

bas

cule

s20

09:

Rob

bie

Mas

on ju

mps

the

basc

ules

on

his

mot

orcy

cle

2009

to

2012

: Tow

er B

ridg

e is

reno

vate

d an

d re

pain

ted

con

tin

ues

...

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a

Engl

ish:

En3

.1a-

e, E

n3.8

, En3

.9a,

En3.

11, E

n3.1

2H

isto

ry: 1

a, 1

b, 4

a, 5

a, 5

b, 5

c, 6

,8a

, 11a

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: 1a,

3a,

5a

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to t

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imel

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and

imag

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Tow

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ridg

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choo

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neof

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se t

itles

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wri

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y Sc

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ay

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e Th

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Abo

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AC

TIV

ITY 9

B: TO

WE

R B

RID

GE

AN

D T

HE

BR

IDG

ES

OF T

HE

WO

RLD

Ob

ject

ive

:•

To in

vest

igat

e el

emen

ts o

f suc

cess

ful b

ridge

des

ign

Re

qu

ire

d R

eso

urc

es:

• Im

ages

of d

iffer

ent

brid

ges

(sou

rced

from

you

r ow

n m

ater

ials

or o

nlin

e)•

Brid

ges

of t

he W

orld

Info

rmat

ion

Shee

t (It

em #

10 in

thi

s Ki

t)

As

a cl

ass,

dis

cuss

:T

he

Bu

ild

er M

agaz

ine

de

scri

be

d H

ora

ce J

on

es’

ori

gin

al d

esi

gn f

or

To

we

r B

rid

ge a

s ‘s

imp

le b

ut

imp

ress

ive

’. D

o y

ou

agr

ee

? W

hy

or

wh

y n

ot?

Ask

pupi

ls t

o:

• R

evi

ew

th

e B

rid

ges

of

the

Wo

rld

In

form

atio

n S

he

et

and

mak

e a

lis

t o

f th

efe

atu

res

of

eac

h b

rid

ge t

hat

th

ey

thin

k a

re a

ttra

ctiv

e o

r im

pre

ssiv

e.

• C

ho

ose

th

e b

rid

ge t

hey

thin

k b

est

fit

s th

e d

esc

rip

tio

n: ‘

sim

ple

bu

t im

pre

ssiv

e’.

Imag

ine

thei

r ch

oice

is t

o be

ent

ered

in a

‘Mos

t Im

pres

sive

Bri

dge

in t

he W

orld

’ com

petit

ion.

Wri

te a

sho

rt d

escr

iptio

n of

the

ir c

hoic

e. D

escr

ibe

the

colo

ur, s

hape

and

line

s.

• P

rep

are

to

te

ll t

he

cla

ss w

hy

the

ir b

rid

ge i

s th

e m

ost

im

pre

ssiv

e.

• T

hin

k a

bo

ut

a p

lace

th

at n

ee

ds

a b

rid

ge a

nd

dra

w a

de

sign

th

at i

s ‘s

imp

le b

ut

imp

ress

ive

’.

As

a cl

ass,

dis

cuss

:C

ompa

re d

raw

ings

whe

n th

ey a

re fi

nish

ed. W

ho h

as a

goo

d co

mbi

natio

n of

col

our,

shap

e an

d lin

es t

hat

mak

esfit

s th

e de

scri

ptio

n ‘s

impl

e bu

t im

pres

sive

’?

AC

TIV

ITY 9

A: C

ontinued

6.2

7

Nat

ion

al C

urr

icu

lum

Lin

ks:

Key

Sta

ge 2

Art

and

Des

ign:

1a,

1b,

2a,

2b,

2c,

3a, 4

a, 4

b, 5

a, 5

dD

esig

n an

d T

echn

olog

y: 1

a, 3

c

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efo

re it

was

finis

hed. If

he

d h

ad h

is w

ay,

the b

ridge

wou

ld b

e

clad in r

ed b

rick

.

It t

ook

8 y

ears

to

build

Tow

er

Bri

dge

. It

too

k fo

ur

years

just

to

build

the p

iers

!

The t

otal co

st f

or T

ower

Bri

dge

was

£1 m

illio

n in 1

894 —

£11

0 m

illio

n in t

oday

s m

oney.

Tow

er

Bri

dge

has

14,0

00 t

ons

of m

eta

l and 3

1 m

illio

n b

rick

s.

Tow

er B

ridge

has

2 m

illio

n r

ivet

s; e

very

sin

gle

rive

t w

as h

and d

rive

n.

Riv

ete

rs o

n t

he h

igh leve

l w

alk

ways

wor

ked 4

2 m

etr

es

abo

ve t

he

rive

r, w

ithou

t any

safe

ty n

ets

!

Tow

er

Bri

dge

was

calle

d

the W

onder

Bri

dge

. W

ith its

basc

ule

s, s

usp

ensi

on c

hain

s

and s

team

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it

was

a m

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an e

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HE

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D L

ON

DO

N N

EW

SJu

ly 1

894

TH

E N

EW T

OW

ER B

RID

GE.

The

mag

nifi

cent

and

mos

t use

ful s

truc

ture

whi

ch w

as o

pene

d fo

r pu

blic

acc

omm

odat

ion

on S

atur

day,

Jun

e 30

, by

his

Roy

al H

ighn

ess

the

Prin

ce o

f Wal

es, o

n be

half

of h

er M

ajes

ty th

e Q

ueen

, has

bee

n ei

ght y

ears

in p

rogr

ess.

Lon

gbe

fore

June

21,

1886

, whe

n th

e Pr

ince

of W

ales

laid

the

foun

datio

n of

the

Tow

er B

ridg

e, th

ere

had

been

muc

h di

scus

sion

of th

e be

st m

eans

of r

elie

ving

the

imm

ense

traf

fic

acro

ss th

e T

ham

es b

etw

een

the

sout

hern

and

nor

ther

n si

des,

augm

ente

d by

the

larg

e co

ntri

butio

ns fr

om th

e B

righ

ton

and

Sout

h-Ea

ster

n R

ailw

ays.

The

Bri

dge

Hou

se E

stat

esC

omm

ittee

of t

he C

ity C

orpo

ratio

n ca

me

forw

ard,

and

, ado

ptin

g th

e gr

and

conc

eptio

n of

a b

ascu

le b

ridg

e de

sign

edby

the

City

arc

hite

ct, t

he la

te S

ir H

orac

e Jo

nes,

devo

ted

the

sum

of £

750,

000

to it

s er

ectio

n, w

ith s

ome

furt

her

year

lygr

ants

for

the

mai

nten

ance

of i

ts e

ngin

e an

d hy

drau

lic p

ower

and

lift

s. M

r. Jo

hn W

olfe

Bar

ry h

avin

g be

en a

ssoc

iate

dw

ith th

e un

dert

akin

g as

eng

inee

r, w

ork

has

gone

forw

ard

unin

terr

upte

dly.

Tw

o co

ntra

cts

wer

e ta

ken

by M

r. Ja

ckso

nfo

r th

e fo

unda

tions

of t

he p

iers

and

the

nort

hern

app

roac

h, a

nd th

at fo

r th

e so

uthe

rn a

ppro

ach

by M

r. W

ebst

er; a

lso

cont

ract

s by

Sir

Will

iam

Arr

ol a

nd C

o., t

he b

uild

ers

of th

e Fo

rth

Brid

ge, f

or th

e st

eel s

truc

ture

; and

for

the

mac

hine

ryby

Sir

Will

iam

Arm

stro

ng a

nd C

o. T

he m

ason

ry o

f the

tow

ers

was

und

erta

ken

by M

essr

s. Pe

rry.

The

tota

l len

gth

of th

e br

idge

, whi

ch is

leve

l fro

m o

ne a

butm

ent t

o th

e ot

her,

is 9

40 ft

., w

hile

the

cent

re o

f the

riv

eris

left

ope

n fo

r a

wat

erw

ay fo

r sh

ips

avai

labl

e at

all

tim

es fo

r th

eir

pass

age,

and

nev

er to

be

clos

ed a

gain

st th

em e

xcep

tfo

r a

few

min

utes

whi

lst v

ehic

les

are

cros

sing

the

brid

ge.

Thi

sce

ntra

l wat

erw

ay, o

r ìop

enin

g sp

an,’

is 2

00 ft

. wid

e fr

om th

e tw

obu

ttre

sses

, or

pier

s, on

e on

eac

hsi

de, w

hich

car

ry tw

o lo

fty

tow

ers.

At t

he u

pper

par

t of t

hese

tow

ers

ther

e is

a li

ght b

ut s

ubst

antia

lla

ttic

e br

idge

for

foot

-pas

seng

ers

at a

hei

ght o

f 140

ft. a

bove

hig

hw

ater

; and

from

the

tow

ers a

re la

idth

e su

spen

sion

gir

ders

, one

to th

eno

rth

and

one

to th

e so

uth

abut

men

t. T

hese

gir

ders

sup

port

the

fixe

d po

rtio

ns o

f the

low

-leve

lbr

idge

, bet

wee

n th

e pi

ers

of th

eto

wer

s an

d th

e sh

ores

on

each

sid

eof

the

rive

r, so

as

to c

over

the

two

side

spa

ns, 2

70 ft

. in

leng

th; t

hecl

ear

head

way

from

hig

h w

ater

toun

ders

ide

of th

ese

span

s be

ing

27ft

. A

t eac

h ab

utm

ent i

s a

shor

ter

tow

er, o

ver

whi

ch th

e su

spen

sion

cha

ins

are

pass

ed, a

nd a

re a

ncho

red

som

e 40

ft.

deep

in e

norm

ous

bloc

ks o

f con

cret

e in

the

grou

nd b

eyon

d. I

t will

be

seen

, the

refo

re, t

hat t

he o

nly

port

ion

of th

ebr

idge

whi

ch o

pens

is th

e ba

scul

e po

rtio

n ov

er th

e ce

ntra

l wat

erw

ay.

Thi

s co

nsis

ts o

f tw

o le

aves

of i

ron

road

way

, eac

h10

0 ft

. lon

g, a

nd a

bout

50

ft. w

ide.

Eac

h le

af o

r ba

scul

e is

piv

otte

d [s

ic] o

n a

huge

ste

el p

ivot

sha

ft, 3

4 in

. in

diam

eter

,ex

tend

ing

from

sid

e to

sid

e of

the

road

way

on

the

pier

. T

he p

ier

road

way

is c

arri

ed o

n ei

ght l

ongi

tudi

nal g

irde

rs, a

ndth

e ro

adw

ay o

f the

bas

cule

leaf

is c

arri

ed o

n fo

ur g

irde

rs, w

hich

pas

s in

inte

rspa

ces

of th

e ei

ght g

irde

rs.

The

se fo

urgi

rder

s ar

e pr

olon

ged

46 ft

. bey

ond

the

pivo

t-sha

ft, a

nd th

eir

shor

ter

ends

hav

e be

en lo

aded

to a

cou

nter

pois

e w

ithth

e ba

scul

e its

elf.

Pin

ions

on

shaf

ts c

onne

cted

to th

e hy

drau

lic e

ngin

es a

re a

rran

ged

to w

ork

agai

nst r

ack-

quad

rant

s,an

d th

e le

af c

an b

e ra

ised

ver

tical

ly, o

r lo

wer

ed h

oriz

onta

lly,

ste

adily

, and

und

er p

erfe

ct c

ontr

ol.

To

prov

ide

due

secu

rity

ther

e ar

e tw

o hy

drau

lic e

ngin

es –

one

for

gene

ral s

ervi

ce a

nd th

e ot

her

for

use

in b

oist

erou

s w

eath

er.

The

seba

scul

es h

ave

the

like

cons

truc

tion

on b

oth

pier

s.

The

sin

king

of t

he fo

unda

tions

of t

he p

iers

and

the

build

ing

of th

e m

ason

ry s

uper

stru

ctur

e ab

ove

wat

er h

ave

invo

lved

very

inte

rest

ing

oper

atio

ns.

The

dep

th o

f wat

er o

n th

e si

tes

of th

e tw

o pi

ers

is a

bout

33

ft. f

rom

hig

h-w

ater

dat

um to

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d. D

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atio

n is

per

mitt

ed fo

r ed

ucat

iona

l use

onl

y.

the

rive

r be

d. T

o se

cure

ade

quat

e fo

unda

tions

, iro

n ca

isso

ns, e

ach

abou

t 12

ft. s

quar

e, w

ere

plac

ed in

a r

ow, w

ith 2

ft.

spac

es b

etw

een

each

cai

sson

, and

at e

ach

end

was

one

of a

ngle

d fo

rm.

Such

a s

erie

s of

cai

sson

s pr

ovid

ed fo

r on

e si

deof

the

pier

. A

sim

ilar

seri

es, 2

ft. a

part

, was

pro

vide

d fo

r th

e ot

her

side

. T

imbe

r pi

les

wer

e ne

xt d

rive

n do

wn

in th

e 2

ft. i

nter

spac

es, a

nd th

e pl

ates

wer

e re

mov

ed fr

om th

e co

ntig

uous

sid

es o

f the

cai

sson

s. T

he w

hole

then

bec

ame

anir

on d

am, f

rom

whi

ch th

e in

teri

or c

ore

of g

rave

l and

soi

l was

cle

ared

out

by

dive

rs a

nd b

y a

Prie

stm

an m

echa

nica

ldi

gger

; the

n, a

t ove

r 27

ft. d

epth

in th

e ri

ver

bed,

the

dam

was

und

erpi

nned

and

an

infi

llin

g of

con

cret

e w

as m

ade

toa

heig

ht o

f 19

ft.

Abo

ve th

is w

ere

laid

cou

rses

of b

lue

bric

ks a

nd th

en o

f gra

nite

mas

onry

set

bac

k te

n or

mor

e fe

etto

form

the

visi

ble

base

of t

he to

wer

, bei

ng 7

0 ft

. in

leng

th a

nd 3

4 ft

. acr

oss.

Fro

m th

is p

latf

orm

of m

ason

ry r

ise

onea

ch p

ier

four

eno

rmou

s ho

llow

ste

el c

olum

ns, w

hich

are

car

ried

up

100

ft. o

r m

ore,

to th

e he

ight

of t

he u

nder

side

of th

e hi

gh-le

vel f

ootb

ridg

e, 1

40 ft

. abo

ve h

igh

wat

er.

The

cro

ss g

irde

rs, w

ith th

e hu

ge s

uspe

nsio

n gi

rder

s, be

ing

atta

ched

to th

e co

lum

ns, b

ind

toge

ther

the

who

le o

f the

ste

el a

nd ir

on w

ork

from

sid

e to

sid

e of

the

rive

r. T

hear

chite

ctur

al m

ason

ry r

ises

from

the

sam

e pl

atfo

rm a

s th

e st

eel c

olum

ns, a

nd h

as b

een

fill

ed in

bet

wee

n th

e st

eelw

ork;

a gr

eat p

ortio

n of

it is

bor

ne u

pon

the

floo

r-gi

rder

s. A

ltog

ethe

r, th

e pi

nnac

les

and

arch

itect

ural

det

ails

att

ain

a he

ight

som

e 60

or

70 ft

. abo

ve th

e fo

otbr

idge

. T

he c

arry

ing

of th

is h

igh-

leve

l lat

tice

brid

ge a

cros

s a

gap

of 2

00 ft

. by

trea

ting

its to

p an

d bo

ttom

rai

ls a

s bo

oms

is, i

n its

way

, are

mar

kabl

e ac

hiev

emen

t. T

he b

oile

rs a

nd tw

o st

eam

-pu

mpi

ng e

ngin

es h

ave

been

ere

cted

on

the

shor

e si

deof

the

sout

hern

abu

tmen

t; th

ey a

re e

ach

of 3

60-h

orse

pow

er.

The

hyd

raul

ic p

ress

ure

here

obt

aine

d is

conn

ecte

d by

pip

es w

ith s

ix a

ccum

ulat

ors,

calc

ulat

edto

mai

ntai

n a

pres

sure

on

the

hydr

aulic

eng

ines

of

1000

lb. o

n th

e sq

uare

inch

; but

the

pres

sure

will

ordi

nari

ly b

e us

ed a

t 700

lb. T

wo

of th

ese

accu

mul

ator

sar

e pl

aced

in th

e so

uthe

rn a

butm

ent a

nd tw

o in

conv

enie

nt c

ham

bers

in e

ach

pier

. T

heir

dut

y, b

esid

esra

isin

g or

low

erin

g th

e ba

scul

es, i

s to

wor

k a

pass

enge

rlif

t in

each

tow

er, s

ome

14 ft

. by

6 ft

. in

size

, cap

able

of e

leva

ting

thir

ty p

erso

ns, a

nd th

ere

is a

lso

a st

airc

ase.

As

an e

ngin

eeri

ng c

ombi

natio

n gr

eat i

ngen

uity

issh

own

in th

e co

ntri

vanc

e of

the

Tow

er B

ridg

e.

RESO

URCE

TH

E I

LLU

STR

ATE

D L

ON

DO

N N

EW

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2)

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se o

nly.

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Tower Bridge: Diagram of Forces

Gravity

CompressionTension TensionTension TensionTensionTension

Gravity Gravity

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Coal was put intoa Boiler.

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The boiler creates steam which powered the Steam Engines.

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The Steam Engines created pressurised water whichwas stored in Accumulators.

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The pressurised water waspumped through HydraulicPipes to the Accumulatorsin the piers.

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The pressurised waterpowered the BasculeSteam Engine.

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The Bridge Operator pulledthe levers, which started theBascule Engines.

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The BasculeEnginesprovide energyto turn thegears (yellow)which lift theBascules.

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The Bridge Operatorpulls a lever, whichsends an impulse tothe Bascule Engine.

The Control Cabinis located on thedownstream sideof the North Pier.

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The Bascule Enginesupplies energy toturn the Gears.

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The Gears(yellow) rotateand lift theBascule.

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Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

Equator

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Antarctica

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Cairo

Beijing

Accra

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Dodoma

Canada

United States

UnitedStates

Chile

Iceland

UnitedKingdom

Portugal

China

Egypt

Thailand

Chittagong

SriLanka

Madagascar

Tanzania

Libya

Ghana

Antarctica

Singapore

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Design for New River Crossing: High Level Bridge

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Design for New River Crossing: Vertical Lift Bridge

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Design for New River Crossing: Rotating Bridge

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Original Drawings: Abutment Towers

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Original Drawings: Abutment Towers

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How they Built Tower Bridge: High Level Walkways

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How they Built Tower Bridge: Suspension Chains

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How they Built Tower Bridge: September 1892

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Tower Bridge during the Second World War

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