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Restoration of Southwark Bridge completed
After three years of grit-blasting, scaffolding and polyethylene wraps, Southwark Bridge has been returned to its original bright colours of green and yellow. More than 1,000 tonnes of expandable abrasive…
Restoring the North Arch on Tower Bridge
Harris Digital Productions captures the restoration work taking place on Tower Bridge during the night time road closures last year. This short video shows contractors working on the arch under…
Work starts on Tower Bridge Walkways
On Monday 28 June, the final stage of the Tower Bridge re-painting work will begin. The new paintwork, which has a life expectancy of 25 years, is essential to protect…
Views from the Monument
Sir Christopher Wren’s flame-topped Monument to the Great Fire of 1666 is the tallest isolated stone column in the world. Completed in 1677, The Monument stands 202 ft high and…
Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894 and is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the world. It is the bridge of London you tend to see in movies and on advertising literature for London. Tower Bridge is the only bridge on the Thames which can be raised.
Harris Digital Productions filmed and photographed the essential 3-year restoration programme of painting works.
Southwark Bridge
Southwark Bridge is an arch bridge linking Southwark and the City across the River Thames. It was designed by Ernest George and Basil Mott and opened in 1921.
Southwark Bridge is owned by the City of London Corporation and has just undergone a £2.5million restoration programme, which was filmed and photographed by Harris Digital Productions.
