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Originally Posted by DuxCorvan
According to Wikipedia -and its sources, a book by some Brian Cookson- the Tower Bridge was chocolate brown till the 1970s...
The big coat of arms in the upper pass was also added later, should not be there.
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That's incorrect In fact the shields are missing from the upper walk way either side of the crest equidistant from the towers.
The metal work on the bridge was reddish brown, and the lamps dark green. as were most thing in those days it was a common colour scheme
http://www.thetowerbridge.info/video...paint-analysis
Here's the restoration history of the bridge >>
http://www.thetowerbridge.info/
At 1.45
Also see the vid posted earlier in this thread and you see a 40's Tower bridge the same colour as the 1cTeams at approx 3 mins in.
The "coat of arms" can be seen on both these films .
02-07-2010, 03:05 PM
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