Martin Antonenko
A Fixture
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The historic London Bridge crosses the "big pond"...
On October 10, 1971, the 1831 London Bridge that had been sold to the United States reopened in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
At the bridge originally built in London in 1831 to replace an older bridge...
... static problems had occurred due to the heavy traffic, which made a new building necessary...:
So the bridge was sold to American billionaire Robert Paxton McCulloch for $2,460,000...
...who made a fortune with chainsaws and oil...:
The individual bridge components were precisely numbered and documented during dismantling...:
McCulloch then had a reinforced concrete bridge of the same proportions built on the Lake Havasu reservoir, which was then faced with the granite stone material purchased in London...:
The billionaire had the associated city built at the same time...:
In London there is a new building on the same spot today, which was handed over by Queen Elizabeth II in March 1973...:
On October 10, 1971, the 1831 London Bridge that had been sold to the United States reopened in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
At the bridge originally built in London in 1831 to replace an older bridge...
... static problems had occurred due to the heavy traffic, which made a new building necessary...:
So the bridge was sold to American billionaire Robert Paxton McCulloch for $2,460,000...
...who made a fortune with chainsaws and oil...:
The individual bridge components were precisely numbered and documented during dismantling...:
McCulloch then had a reinforced concrete bridge of the same proportions built on the Lake Havasu reservoir, which was then faced with the granite stone material purchased in London...:
The billionaire had the associated city built at the same time...:
In London there is a new building on the same spot today, which was handed over by Queen Elizabeth II in March 1973...:
