Tower Bridge after a lift fell inside the north tower. Citations Sources Tower Bridge Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become an iconic symbol of London. Because of this, Tower Bridge is sometimes confused with London Bridge, situated some upstream. Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges now owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. It is the only one of the Trust's bridges not to
London Bridge Is Falling Down popular culture. There is considerable variation in the lyrics of the rhyme. The most frequently used first verse is: <poem>London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady.</poem> In the version quoted by Iona and Peter Opie in 1951 the first verse is: <poem>London Bridge is broken down, Broken down, broken down. London Bridge is broken down, My fair lady.</poem> The rhyme is constructed of quatrains in trochaic tetrameter catalectic, (each line made up of four metrical feet of two syllables, with the stress falling on the first syllable in a pair;