Tower Bridge, London mb-width 5109 Change Alley

Change Alley

Four putti around a woman with attributes of innocence

Scene showing a stout man crowned with barley and poppies and bound in a sheaf of barley

An oyster seller

Map of the City of London and surrounding area showing the extent of damage caused by the Great Fire of London in 1666

Tower Bridge, London mb-width 5109 Change AlleyTower Bridge, London, c1907. View of the bridge with bascules closed and various river vessels in the foreground. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894. It was designed so that the central section could be raised to allow the passage of ships to and from the busy wharves of London.