Allen
You have WAY too much time on your hands!!
>>>>On 1/19/00 5:13 PM so and so (Allen Hefner) said. (And I quote:)
>In a message dated 1/19/00 4:41:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>michael.graziano@csfb.com writes:
>
><< Actually, I think he did buy _THE_ London Bridge. The one most people
> assume to be the London Bridge is actually called the Tower Bridge (which is
> still there) , and is located just ouside the Tower Of London over the River
> Thames. I need to check with a few Brit friends to be sure, though. Maybe
> a web search....... >>
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>Here's the info off the Arizona web site:
>
>"The famed London Bridge which spanned the River Thames for almost 140
>years,
>from the 1830's until 1968, now connects Lake Havasu City's mainland and
>island! The bridge survived a terrorist attack in 1884 and the bombing from
>the Germans in both World Wars. But it could not withstand the forces of
>nature, as it was sinking into the River Thames' clay bottom.
>
>In 1968, the City of London decided to sell its bridge for $2.6 million to
>Robert P. McCulloch, founder of Lake Havasu City, who needed a bridge to
>connect the city to an island in the lake. The island was created in order
>to
>remove an obstruction that blocked water flow from the Colorado River into
>Thompson Bay. It took three years to carefully take down, ship and
>reconstruct the landmark bridge, and more than $7 million to rebuild it in
>Lake Havasu City. But on October 10, 1971, London Bridge was officially
>dedicated in Arizona before a crowd of 100,000."
>
>It is not Tower Bridge, which is much prettier. I wonder if it leaks oil?
>
>Allen Hefner
>SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
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Larry Macy
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