"A bit cold, a bit wet You can hear the traffic rumbling overhead" That could've been the beginning of a nice poem.
@nobodyburgen4594
Жыл бұрын
That’s just London in general 😂
@Natashahoneypot
Жыл бұрын
"vertigo inducing glass floors" I liked.
@zedzedder4947
11 ай бұрын
Or just the description of the average london flat.
@maruftim
11 ай бұрын
@@zedzedder4947lol
@28-r8b
10 ай бұрын
A very boring one maybe
@ronahart219
Жыл бұрын
My grandfather, born 1888, could remember Tower Bridge being built. Local kids would play by the river and around the Tower of London. He lived in or near Petticoat Lane all his life.
@manavshah8335
11 ай бұрын
That's so amazing, by any chance any of your ancestors fought in the great war?
@unidariaverse
11 ай бұрын
Wow! Isn’t that incredible! Did he share anything about his life back then?
@noname-vf1ft
11 ай бұрын
Both you and your parents must be at least 60 years old, more 70 or 80 because you don't get pregnant at age 0. If i didn't miscalculate
@SmokingLaddy
11 ай бұрын
@@noname-vf1ft It’s not that far fetched, Emma Morano was born 5 years after Tower Bridge was built, she died only 6 years ago, and that is just one generation not 3 so it is certainly possible.
@uncletiggermclaren7592
11 ай бұрын
Bro. I am only 57, and my Grandfather was born in 1888. He had my dad in 1923, when he was 37 my dad had me in 1966 when HE was 43 . . . What is hard about that?.@@noname-vf1ft
@TitoM72
Жыл бұрын
Victorian engineering at its finest.
@Flat_Earth_Sophia
10 ай бұрын
Built with horses and wagons!
@nonameentered1918
10 ай бұрын
French inspired ;)
@erni2619
10 ай бұрын
Really cool stuff, no CAD programs, no calculators. Truly skilled engineers
@Broman-es4sx
9 ай бұрын
@@Flat_Earth_Sophia Right?! Wonder how many horses it takes to deliver the 400 ton counterweights, let alone lift them up and install them?
@Flat_Earth_Sophia
9 ай бұрын
@@Broman-es4sx I don't think anyone is alive that could do it today!
@mikamee5459
Жыл бұрын
I love seeing the Tower Bridge. I grew up in London in the 70s and 80s and remember much of it being covered in soot because of the factories. I suppose its been sand blasted as many of the buildings in London have been.
@TheZapan99
11 ай бұрын
Bascule is French for seesaw and is literally constructed by putting together the words bas (low) and cul (ass). So it's a low-ass bridge designed to let boats through!
@JohnyG29
8 ай бұрын
No, 'cul' means arse in French, not an ass or donkey.
@naly202
11 ай бұрын
Totally worth visiting Tower Bridge. It's a fascinating tour. You take the elevator to the top of one tower, walk on the bridge above, come down the other tower, see the control rooms. They have lots of interactive games that show you how the mechanism works, and 3D video projections. The family I visited with in 2016 said this was the most interesting landmark in London.... And I had taken them to loads of places, including the WAbbey and the Br Museum.
@kurtwasemiller
8 ай бұрын
I’ve been to one of these concerts. It was a cappella and important you stayed very quiet due to the echo strength for the performance. Very haunting at times. Just really a singular experience.
@philward9506
9 ай бұрын
Fantastic, the things you find out about London! Love this!
@klausolekristiansen2960
Жыл бұрын
It opened in 1894, and many times since.
@chrisS19019
10 ай бұрын
I closed the video and decided to reopen it and come say good one
@vice.nor.virtue
11 ай бұрын
I've been on that tour. The engine room is banging! Please make a video on that because it's absolutely a work of art.
@greasylimpet3323
Жыл бұрын
I think the word 'mildly' could have been left out! I couldn't even take a step on the top, but I'd love to see underneath. Thanks for your videos
@davezad
10 ай бұрын
They put those same type of floors in the Space Needle. I couldn't walk on them, either.
@ginahill503
11 ай бұрын
Just love your little glimpses into my favorite town!
@fobobo563
Жыл бұрын
very cool use of hydraulic accumulators for the engineering geeks out there
@vanessahenry7238
Жыл бұрын
This is an amazing video! Thank you!
@Richard-fv7rq
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff.
@Thomas-jl3gn
10 ай бұрын
Love the time you take sharing these things. Thanks for taking the time to show us so much we'd not get to see otherwise. 👍👏👏
@lynfawcett221
Жыл бұрын
WOW! I never knew that. An amazing design.
@algrant5293
Жыл бұрын
Woah, that walkway, up the river over the river, looking down on the river. For me the chamber was a bit panic inducing, the thought of the counterweights moving😮 It does look quite amazing tho, it must be the oddest thing if you walk over the bridge whilst a concert is being held undetneath 😊
@effyleven
11 ай бұрын
My wife's best friend's great great grandfather designed Tower Bridge, and her great grandfather completed the stone cladding dressing the steel structure.
@TypicallyThomas
11 ай бұрын
Wow that's a surprisingly long link to Sir Horace Jones
@effyleven
11 ай бұрын
@TypicallyThomas You could be right. I may have got a "great" too many! Perhaps I am confused because there were two generations involved in building the bridge; father and son. Anyway, she is a direct descendent, and her name includes, 'Jones.'
@dacorum8053
Жыл бұрын
It is well worth seeing!
@noelht1
Жыл бұрын
Every time I try to drive over there the Bascules have the bridge open!!!
@SamuelWooldenheizmer
9 ай бұрын
Architecture across europe is so beautiful, i couldnt imagine being from somewhere with such old beautiful buildings.
@crapphone7744
11 ай бұрын
You have to love the fastidiousness of Victorian engineering. Thank you for sharing this little known portion of a famous bridge. Far more interesting than the better known but now mundane London bridge.
@maple22moose44
Жыл бұрын
i remember seeing that in Sherlock Gnomes
@imperialofficer6185
9 ай бұрын
Victorian steam(?) engines are always so beautifully decorated and painted, shame we don't do that anymore to our machines
@terrortalks3037
11 ай бұрын
I just imagine everyone panicking as the bridge gets lifted, running around and screaming, and then going back to normal as the bridge goes back down. 😂
@automation7295
10 күн бұрын
I'm sue there's a safety barrier so people don't get smacked by the counter-weight. Why do people want to see people getting hurt?
@PaigeDWinter
10 ай бұрын
I have such a huge phobia when it comes to things like bridges and dams in any kind of man-made heights. That would probably freak me out LOL
@timothylaws4549
7 ай бұрын
incredible 🇬🇧
@jerryduhon6376
11 ай бұрын
AWESOME VIDEO. KEEP THEM COMING. THANK YOU.
@aleccrombie7923
6 ай бұрын
How come we can't routinely build such beautiful engineering objects like this today?
@leeh6317
9 ай бұрын
I’m in LOVE with Tower bridge!
@automation7295
10 күн бұрын
How can you be in love with a structure? It's not even a person.
@michaelrolton7502
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@corinnerogersconstable223
10 ай бұрын
Beautiful historical architecture ❤
@gregthetherapist
11 ай бұрын
I remember that room from Sherlock Gnomes
@mikeyfn-a6684
9 ай бұрын
Engineering and ingenuity never cease to amaze me 😳🤯
@EmilyJelassi
8 ай бұрын
You couldn't pay me enough to walk on those glass floors, but I'm afraid of heights... way too scary and high!!
@stuarthannay3370
9 ай бұрын
I did the flooring in the control rooms, those cabins are like greenhouses and I got sunburnt in there!
@alexritchie4586
9 ай бұрын
I wrote a poem about the bascule chamber under Tower Bridge after a visit there many years ago. Admittedly it's not very good 😅 --- Odeon --- Nonsuch passed, The Pool's first light, Under quay, Tide lock takes flight. Enceladus, By Magog's feet, Tilts gravity of, An ancient street. River to road, Road to sky, Brick fly stage, Shuts watching eye.
@vernondunlea7080
10 ай бұрын
My favorite land mark in England the beautifully designed TOWER BRIDGE
@Atomicsuplex
9 ай бұрын
Ive been in it when it has opened. If it opens fully the counter weights completely fill the room, blocking the exit and you only hve about a metre of space to stand against the back wall.
@Iamtheshortestcomment
9 ай бұрын
And I knew about this from gnomeo and Juliet…
@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr
9 ай бұрын
I’m amazed that the structure can handle concerts. Really cool
@F8Tributo
10 ай бұрын
Frighteningly interesting!
@onecupof_tea
3 ай бұрын
Victorian engineering and construction were amazing. And craftsmen who made ornate metal castings on machinery, and plaster carvings on ceilings, even though they would never be seen.
@Emppu_T.
10 ай бұрын
that is so cool! the engineering!
@merahertel6256
10 ай бұрын
Pretty awesome!... and that you can go inside and see all that cool stuff. Thanks for taking us woth you.
@jamesjohno1180
11 ай бұрын
This is British ingenuity at its best
@IndustrialParrot2816
11 ай бұрын
Just like the Salmon Bay Bascule bridge in Seattle
@corneliaarendsen1358
11 ай бұрын
I learn a lot.🎉❤❤❤
@angr3819
5 ай бұрын
I love the glass walkways, and flying - yet I am fearful of heights in the open with a steep drop.
@jonh9561
7 ай бұрын
Even with all of the modern construction equipment and techniques that we have now, constructing the tower bridge today, would be a major undertaking. It would be great to know how they did it back in the late 1800s.
@tandraarisandi6680
10 ай бұрын
I always thought that tower bridge actually the London bridge from the song. A mind blowing when finding out it was totally different bridge lol
@robviousobviously5757
11 ай бұрын
Awesome.. just like that Gnome moviee.. lol
@ross6753
11 ай бұрын
Excuse me Bascule is indeed French, but it doesn't mean seesaw, it means balance, scale. You know, the thing you weigh stuff on. Saw is scie, in French
@claudevieaul1465
10 ай бұрын
As an engineer I'd love to have a look at that mechanism! When I was living in London, I always felt happy seeing this absolutely iconic and world famous landmark from up close and personal - walking along the South Bank towards it, crossing the Thames towards the Tower... Never went on any tour though. Somehow you never do these touristy things once you live in that place 🤣 And it surprised me at first to learn it's actually not as old as it might seem.
@piggugudu1327
9 ай бұрын
I feel like I remember this from Gnomeo and Juliet but am not sure if it is some kind of fever dream instead 😅😂
@macgyversmacbook1861
11 ай бұрын
The stairs are vertigo inducing too!
@alexisarrizon6083
7 ай бұрын
England is such a neat country ❤
@NiceButBites
Жыл бұрын
So when the bridge opens, would you be able to stand in that room?...
@junicohen7918
11 ай бұрын
The bigger question is can you stand afterwards
@sunflowersue9003
Жыл бұрын
I have heard of the concerts being held under the bridge before. I do not believe I have seen the actual pictures of it. Furthermore, it must be a very, very large space in order to hold a concert.
@Wee162
9 ай бұрын
Ohhhh that seems terrifying- is that claustrophobia? I don’t like empty swimming pools or big airplane hangars either - is that the opposite of claustrophobia??
@laratheplanespotter
7 ай бұрын
The engineer for this, Sir Arrol also built the gantry that was installed in Belfast especially to facilitate the construction of the RMS Olympic, Titanic and Britannic 😊
@marquisdehoto1638
Жыл бұрын
Can you always go down? I was there but didn't see it 😅
@jamesmurray8558
11 ай бұрын
It has it own morgue.
@kkupsky6321
9 ай бұрын
Oh how they used to make things to last. Now I can’t even change my iPhone battery.
@BrettFightorFlight
11 ай бұрын
Awesome video
@darksentinel082
11 ай бұрын
I think I remember this from the gnomeo and juliet sherlock movie
@tannertanner8769
11 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@johnboy1042
11 ай бұрын
Is there also a mortuary underneath for when people's dead bodies get washed up..?
@biffin62
11 ай бұрын
That was on the north east side at the bottom of the steps.
@mikewazowski471
8 ай бұрын
So that's where the gnomes are
@EmilyShoup-pu1nt
3 ай бұрын
Remember when we toured this in England? I don’t remember some of the rooms, actually no rooms, just one!
@kevinvoogt
6 ай бұрын
Don't forget, there was even a Doctor Who episode shot in there. Just some useful information. Thank you for making this video 😊
@cherryclarke360
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic.British made?
@stewroo
Жыл бұрын
Yeah probably. Why?
@heycidskyja4668
Жыл бұрын
No, Chinese
@jasonspring
Жыл бұрын
@@heycidskyja4668😂😂😂
@clinging54321
Жыл бұрын
No Chinese definitely built it for the UK😅
@thomasbell7033
Жыл бұрын
@@heycidskyja4668Not at all an unreasonable question. Mexico, for example, is full of impressive German-built bridges.
@AW-vi3df
Жыл бұрын
I want to know how they weigh something like this. Truly. Are they wearing the individual components that make up the bridge? Or is there a giant scale somewhere? Just curious.
@techheck3358
Жыл бұрын
If you know the size of something, and you know what it’s made of, then you can calculate the weight
@MK00040
10 ай бұрын
yes they put it on a giant scale
@jasoncallow860
10 ай бұрын
Very large things can be weighed using displacement, thank Arcimedies.
@coryspang7548
11 ай бұрын
Wow, thats really interesting.
@artywolve
3 ай бұрын
Looks like a room you wake up in in a horror movie as the bridge starts raising.
@darrinbunston5932
10 ай бұрын
👍 like it😊
@pelago_
10 ай бұрын
Ooh that’s cool
@SugarWildflower-si4ox
3 ай бұрын
No way ..thank you very much no vertigo inducing glass floor. No going down under the bridge chamber dank area…😮 My idea of fun would be walking across the bridge on a sunny day. However, thank you for sharing.
@brendadias8762
9 ай бұрын
WOWWW ❤
@racheltaylor6578
Жыл бұрын
I was in there years ago.
@chrisjohnson9542
9 ай бұрын
Who thought of Gnomio and Juliette when they saw the room?
@jimtheudb
11 ай бұрын
Me: Hey, that's the scene from Gnomio and Julliet!
@michaelbuchanan8043
10 ай бұрын
I never knew that. Interesting.
@xander1052
11 ай бұрын
apparently they are so well balanced that fairly weak engines could easily operate tower bridge.
@Melonlord173
10 ай бұрын
I know this because I have watched Sherlock Gnomes
@genespell4340
10 ай бұрын
That would be great to see but my gimpy legs couldn't handle the stairs.
@Sebaxtain
7 ай бұрын
Are the counterweights filled with cement etc. or are they solid metal?
@tracytrawick322
10 ай бұрын
Where is the link to the "other" part of the vid. Its the one that teaches the viewers about the build/structure... 😉 Yes, that one! 😊 😂 And ty for the first one! 😎
@touchgrass9363
9 ай бұрын
very cool
@ESB2109
11 ай бұрын
If I’m not mistaken it’s a hydraulic bascule bridge, which I’ve been taught the only other one of the same type of design (hydraulic bascule) in the UK that’s left is in my hometown of Weymouth, England - although there’s many other opening bridges in the country, these are the only two to share this type of design (that still is standing and works)
@Flyyn_Gaming_9
10 ай бұрын
We have a Bascule bridge in Lowestoft from the 70s tho it was upgraded in 2008 and onwards We're also getting a really rare type of bridge but forgot the name
@Ben-bg2lp
9 ай бұрын
You know your music career is taking off when your playing under a bridge.
@TPA_Roblox_YouTuber
8 ай бұрын
I vaguely remember seeing this in a Sherlock Gnomes scene I think
@TheGodParticle
10 ай бұрын
What a crazy place to hold a gig.
@welcometorenland
11 ай бұрын
That's beautiful! As am American, there just aren't many things like this to see. We just didn't build things 100+ years ago that were meaningful and meant to last like you guys did. Sad
@based854
11 ай бұрын
empire state building, washington monument, most of washington DC, park row building, singer building, chrysler building…
@srashed6934
9 ай бұрын
Brooklyn bridge New York
@welcometorenland
9 ай бұрын
I can't say that I agree. One or two cities, on the east coast, not enough to equate to an entire country
@stevenphillips1311
11 ай бұрын
Been there done that well with the trip never knew it was there
@Hugh_de_Mortimer
Жыл бұрын
I did this when I was a kid, it was sick.
@dejahdanger
Ай бұрын
They didn’t have that part in Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate. Cool.
@devo1977s
10 ай бұрын
Didn't Sherlock almost get killed there or was it Watson
@andrer.mallet2410
11 ай бұрын
A seesaw in french, "bascule" is just named after the action itself which means to tip, topple or toggle. I.e. A trebuchet also "bascules" but I wouldn't exactly call it a seesaw.
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