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#Didyouknow that Waterloo Bridge was originally called the Strand Bridge? Completed in 1817, it was the largest and most expensive bridge to be built in Britain and became a popular visitor attraction while under construction. @ICELibrary #thethames

‘View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge’ was painted in oil by British landscape artist Samuel Scott around 1743–44. Here Scott depicts the first bridge, designed by Swiss engineer Charles Labelye and completed in 1750. Image: Wiki commons

This original construction detail shows the junction of an outer rib of one of Blackfriars Bridge’s arches with a pier of granite-faced brickwork. The bridge’s arches were designed to consist of nine ribs centred at just under 3m intervals. Image @ICE_engineers

‘Blackfriars Bridge, Red Pillars’ by Nick Schlee is one of the works chosen by Leo Villareal for the #IlluminatedRiver exhibition open @GuildhallArt alongside #ArchitectureofLondon. See this piece, artwork animations and more. Image © Guildhall Art Gallery https://t.co/DFAbuLfUZP

This view looking north west across the Thames at low tide captures Labelye’s Westminster Bridge before c. 1770. To the right a line of buildings runs back to Derby Court – once the London residence of the Earl of Derby. Image © Trustees of @BritishMuseum

Old Waterloo Bridge viewed from the terrace of Somerset House before the construction of Victoria Embankment. In total Bazalgette’s Thames embankment scheme of the 1860s reclaimed 22 acres of land from the river. Image © Trustees of the @BritishMuseum

We are pleased to announce our new exhibition opening on 31 May at @GuildhallArt as part of #ArchitectureOfLondon. Project architectural drawings will be displayed alongside paintings chosen by Leo Villareal. Image © Guildhall Art Gallery @visitthecity https://t.co/xw4oFiU7gB

These vignettes show three ages of London Bridge. The central and top views show the old bridge before and after its famous buildings were removed. The lower view depicts John Rennie's New London Bridge. Image © Trustees of the @BritishMuseum

Artist and architect Thomas Sandby intended this ‘Bridge of Magnificence’ to span the Thames at Somerset House. Inspired by Piranesi and Palladio the c. 1780 design consisted of nine arches supporting a colonnade and classical pavilions. Image © The Trustees of the @BritishMuseum

An intimate view of Old Waterloo Bridge in 1911 by Edward Louis Lawrenson. Against a background of refracted light on the surface of the Thames, a lighterman navigates a barge with the silhouette of Hungerford Bridge in the distance. Image © Trustees of the @BritishMuseum