The Remarkable (and Grim) History of Southwark Bridge
It took 50 lives to build it... and then it exploded.
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I’ve long felt sorry for Southwark Bridge. Who ever talks about it? This is central London’s least used bridge, and always has been. It’s the span with no fan; the underclass overpass. It is a bridge of meagre renown. But that’s not really fair. Southwark Bridge is a charact…
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