Ora Pro Nobis
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@ITSHISTORY

2y↑23

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@LeeeroyJenkins

2y↑1

Might as well upload in 4k if you are going to let the video sit for multiple days.

@datapoint6859

2y↑13

Am I the only one who automatically dislikes videos with 90 seconds of shilling in them, regardless of how good the content is?

@charlesgale4257

2y↑1

why is that shit so loud?

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@kurthenze2900

2y↑161

My Mom worked for the McCulloch family as their nanny for their kids. She always kept in touch and was good friends with them.
I remember visiting them when I was a teen at their home in Bel-air (sometime in the 60's), they lived on the golf course. They told me what they were doing, and had a piece of granite on their end table, they said was from it.
My Mom also worked for the Pabst family, (Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer) as their nanny. And the Stratton's (Briggs & Stratton Engines) family.
My Mom was popular with the old Milwaukee Industrialists. She had an interesting life before I was born. I miss her, she had so many great stories. She passed away in 2013 at the age of 91.
Still have never seen the bridge, and have been to AZ after it was built. Now I wish I would've taken the time to see it.
So glad I stumbled on this vid. Brought back some good old's memories. I'm now 68yrs old.
If you took the time to actually read all of this, thank-you for your time.

@bleepbleep1961

2y↑2

what an amazing story and connection to the bridge !!

@DiviAugusti

How on earth did your mother become babysitter to the super rich?

@starvortex9

💖

@kyle18934

thankyou for sharing.

@nopeyadayadayada1248

2y↑7

Your recollection could conceivably have been added to this documentary and I wouldn't have scoffed at all.
I too was lucky enough to be related to a legendary person. I met my 113 year old great, great, great grandmother when I was maybe 8. I'm close to 60 now. She was a teenager when Lincoln was shot. The one big thing I remember her saying was that food was scarce. She told me of eating grass just to survive and how silly everybody was during the so called great depression as it paled in comparison to her teen years.

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@mileshigh1321

2y↑444

Genius to move it to Arizona! Instead of being scrapped, it continues to be the main focal point of really nice community!

@DaveSCameron

2y↑2

That King Cnut was a naughty boy! Scandinavia 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇸🇪

@buttdreads

2y↑16

Bwhahaha “really nice community” have you seen lk havasu?

@nobilesnovushomo58

2y↑7

Honestly that’s true it was to be scrapped… so better that A business magnate in Arizona bought it then.

@stuartdollar9912

2y↑3

Where it now stands over a mostly dry riverbed.

@tommyfred6180

2y↑8

the people of London happily said tat tar to the thing. it was not fit for prepose and a pain in the bum.

that said it really nice its found a home and is well used and wanted.

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@alexistarr

2y↑589

Robert McCulloch is perhaps the only person in history that got a good deal when being approached by a person who had a bridge to sell him....

@knighttuttruptuttrup8518

2y↑8

True.

@turbo_brian

2y↑14

I believe you mean a used bridge, haha

@kdrapertrucker

2y↑40

@Brian only used by a little old lady to go to church on Sunday.

@KutWrite

2y↑8

Especially when buying it from a government!

@blorac9869

2y↑10

You would be amazed as to how many people own Brooklyn bridge.

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@dsbmwhacker

2y↑25

Our Father, from Montana, crossed the bridge many times in London during WW2. He was a flyer, stationed near Norwich with a bomber group. Fast forward to the 70's, he retired to AZ and crossed the bridge many times again.

@seanstorm3121

2y↑77

My Grandfather worked directly along side McCulloch and founded Lake Havasu, Az. It was great to grow up hearing the stories from my grandfather about bringing the bridge over and flying people from California in his small plane to sell property to. He was a great man!

@SJR_Media_Group

2y↑145

Fun Fact: Many Americans were initially disappointed with 'London Bridge' in Arizona. They mistook Tower Bridge for London Bridge. Tower Bridge is definitively iconic. Sightseers were expecting to see the 2 towers, one one each end of bridge. It all worked out anyway. One man's vision turned into a tourist attraction that put his town squarely on the map. Today, it would look weird if the Bridge wasn't there. Everyone loves their London Bridge and their famous town.

@martynbush3462

2y↑35

You would be surprised how many British people think Tower Bridge is London Bridge.

@cityzens634

2y↑3

@Martyn Bush Yeah about 2

@DownhillAllTheWay

2y↑4

@Cityzens I don't think many Londoners think that now, but back in the 60's - 70's, if I had been asked "Where is Tower Bridge?" I would have known, but if I was asked "so where is London Bridge?" I don't think I'd have been at all sure.
I don't live in London, and I almost never go there (though it's only 45 minutes in the car - on a good day!), so I have some excuse, but if I was asked to identify some of the others - Lambeth Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, etc - I'd be stumped.

@NHGMitchell

2y↑4

The joke in London at the time was that the ignorant American had thought he was actually buying Tower Bridge!

@SJR_Media_Group

@Nick Mitchell Thanks for comment... good joke on the Americans

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@kali3665

2y↑446

My favorite story about this is after the guy made the winning bid for London Bridge, and flew home, he said he was handed the standard customs form for purchases made abroad.

He looked it over and wrote, "One bridge, $2,460,000. Exempt - antique."

🤣🤣

@TozziWelding

2y↑38

Bob McCulloch had it all figured out

@kali3665

2y↑19

@Tozzi Welding Damn straight he did!

@SayAhh

2y↑9

@Kali No, not a dam; a bridge.

@tommyfred6180

2y↑1

did that really happen? it would be nice if it did.

but seeing as he had to get an exemption from the Home Hoffice and a Tax Office note to transfer the money. it seems extremely unlikely the US customs would have any forms for him to fill in when he got back home.

@kali3665

2y↑13

@tommy fred Maybe. McCullough told that story a few times, including on The History Channel's History's Lost and Found. So, I'm willing to take his word for it.

Either way, it's a cool story, isn't it?

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@huha47

1y↑4

Great to see people informed about the bridge. While staying in Laughlin, Nevada, I drove over to Havasu for the day, enjoying the area and walking the bridge. I think it was great to save this piece of history.

@sithrage

44w↑2

The nursery rhyme actually refers to “Old” London Bridge, which stood for about 6 centuries and was replaced by the bridge currently in AZ in the 18th century.

@loganjohnson3589

2y↑120

As a young truck driver in the 80's I hauled boats .Every year I would take the new Bayliner boats to a A boat dealer next to the bridge .so they could be photographed for the new catalog's and stay at the motel next to the bridge .it was wonderful to walk around the base of it and see how well it was built and see the unrepaired damage done to it from W.W.2 bullet pock mark's from machine guns and rifle fire .I did this for 5 years .On 1 year I was there they set a record hi temp record at 117degrees at 2 A.M.my truck got stuck into the new asphalt road because of this the tread marks stayed imprinted there for years .

@bromanguydudesir

2y↑12

My man, there was never ground combat in England during World War 2.

@enisrabowman2634

2y↑19

@bromanguydudesir Kiddo, before you try to be smart: There is this thing called an aeroplane and said aeroplane is fittet with fast firering guns to take out other things

@bromanguydudesir

2y↑10

@Enisra Bowman Airplanes don't have rifles, kiddo.

@christophersteele5709

2y↑6

@bromanguydudesir is it possible he did this as he says, but also doesn't understand every detail of the of the battle of Britain.

@nobodynothing6551

2y↑5

@Christopher Steele is it possible he wasn't refuting the story and was just pointing out that OP doesn't understand the way those marks got there?

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@TheShornak

2y↑25

I do think it was pretty amazing that they could dismantle, and move the bridge to AZ. I saw it in 2000 when we visited Lake Havasu. Unfortunately we went there in August and they were having heat during the day that I had never experienced before. I seem to remember it being about 120f. To hot to be out doing anything during the day.

@lisahinton9682

@Stephen Hornak
Yep, that's August in Arizona. For example, right now, October 5, the rest of the country is happily exchanging soup and stew recipes, and drinking hot spiced lattes, and we in Arizona are still sweating it out with a high of 97 here in Phoenix.

I am leaving this "surface of the sun" (one of Arizona's many heat-themed monikers) some time next year and cannot wait.

@NellyBonez

@Lisa Hinton It hit 80 plus where I'm at in Illinois and over in STL today

@TheShornak

@Lisa Hinton I think I remember seeing that Phoenix averages over 90 days each summer over 100f. Too hot for my blood. I hope whenever you move too has better weather for you.

@milt6208

Having spent 5 years in Lake Havasu before the bridge I tell people the heat keeps the wimps inside.

@williamhaynes7089

2y↑1

hey I live in phoenix (a few hrs away) and can tell you that is the normal summer weather here

@petergoodman5109

2y↑10

During a boat tour of the lake I pointed out to the guide some holes on the side of the bridge. I lived in London during the war and the holes were the result of a German fighter that strafed the tames near the bridge killing many including children. From memory it was in 1942. The RAF challenged the German to a dog fight but he was never heard from. It’s a great area to visit in Arizona..

@tommyfred6180

just been looking this up. i can't see an after action report for 1942 that fits. but there is one in 1943 a 'wild cat' raid. but the bridge didn't get hit. the strafing seems to have been directed at the riverside. the damage everyone seems to be referring to is from a 250 sd in 1941. the report said it was a JU88. but i would definitely take that with a big pinch of salt. most air raid wardens couldn't tell the difference or see what was going on.

@HexxHenderson

1y↑2

I remember going to California from Denver Colorado where we lived for a vacation and stopping by Lake Havasu. They just completed assembling the bridge but they had yet to flood the water underneath of it. I’ve got photos of the stones on the bridge with the individual numbers on them so they could reassemble it. I was 10 years old at the time I still remember it well.

@abbeyjane1306

2y↑18

The Lake Havasu runway used to be next to the bridge. I flew a C-172 from MCAS El Toro to Havasu in 1975 and had fish and chips at the British themed village. That was pretty cool for a 20 year old Marine.

@1TrueGem

2y↑8

What a great capture and save of History. The bridge looks great in Arizona, also. It's cool to hear how much homage to the first opening they paid during the bridge's second opening.

@bleepbleep1961

2y↑5

I was fortunate to have a vaycay to Las Vegas 10 years ago and we went down to Laughlin for 5 days at first ... A visit to the London Bridge was an amazing part of it ... This is a very well made informative video , so glad to have seen it ---- Thanks It's History !!

@starkiller9897

2y↑35

So glad it was saved! Never knew about this story but soon as I started hearing your video I thought this would be a success who wouldn't want to see London bridge its world famous historical bridge! Love how the lamp posts are Napoleans cannons!!😂 But my favourite bridge is the older one that had all the buildings built on top of the bridge!! Really love the look of that bridge!! Was imagining crossing the bridge when all the heads where on pikes & there was stalls & shops etc on the bridge must have been fantastic!!

@kenglavens6455

2y↑23

I went to Lake Havasu specifically to drive over the London bridge. I drove over a bridge but it had nice new pavement and it seemed uneventful so I kept looking for it , finally realizing I'd already been over it. So I went back to drive over it again and appreciated the lamp posts and the arches etc. It was a long drive from Long Beach just to drive over a bridge but I guess it was worth it. I actually like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas better......no, not really but it sure was fun riding a roller coaster around the Empire State Building.

@DownhillAllTheWay

2y↑1

I'm really surprised you weren't charged a toll for crossing the bridge, considering the investment that went into putting it there.

@dcookbrosmedia

2y↑1

It’s a year round vacation spot there’s always something to do, firework conventions, hot air balloon conventions, boating.. etc

@martynbush3462

2y↑20

Brilliantly told story. I remember driving across the old London Bridge and seeing the new one under construction with my dad is his grey Ford Anglia. Must have been around 1967 when I would have been 7 years old. It was very exciting to a small boy as it was all over the news about the old bridge being sold to America. Maybe I should travel over to Arizona to see it again.

@jimgrant1722

2y↑2

Great video. I remember visiting Lake Havasu and the London Bridge when I was just a kid in the early 1970's. Was great fun and the Engish village at one end of the bridge brought it all together. Made for a wonderful family vacation. And for the developer, it was genius to buy and move the bridge to his little town which has grown into a much sought after conventon town!

@niniliumify

2y↑36

I grew up there, as it was being built. My brother and I were the first civilians to walk across the bridge, before the grand opening. Amazing Times!

@budz3706

1y↑1

You watched it be built?

@niniliumify

1y↑1

@Budz YES! It was pretty amazing. Built on dry land, then the channel excavated and dredged beneath.

@budz3706

1y↑1

@Ninilium Did they build it from top down with the sand there?

@niniliumify

1y↑2

@Budz Dug holes and poured the foundations for the piers. Used the earth to form the arches, and poured them in place. Then excavated the earth from beneath.

@tihspidtherekciltilc5469

2y↑15

In 1999 I drove 320 miles with a few dollars to spare and lived in my car trying to get a job helping to move the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. I was successful and would do it again if needed. There are so many great people I met from all over the country who loved their particular job whether it be testing the concrete and cement to people who specialized in soil which was completely different from the original site. On top of all of these people from all over was the effect on the local economy as thousands of people came to witness a lighthouse moving down what was essentially a railroad track. Just keeping track of the plinth stones which numbered in the tens with reassembly was a job in itself so I can't imagine a whole bridge as just a little off on one pier or piers settling at different rates could have been catastrophic. Anyways this comment is turning into a book and this was a job I'd have driven cross country to be a part of just for the people and the education of people that love what they do.

@grindelston5968

*old mills, not kills.
Damn predictive text

@TXN79

2y↑2

It's sad that the people who build our cities are never regarded, appreciated, and usually forgotten. Most people never take the time to learn the cities history or even the reason for it's name.

@kennethjosephson134

2y↑8

Robert McCulloch was a descendant of John Beggs. Beggs was heavily involved in both mass transit and the electric power industry in Southeastern Wisconsin as well as in some of the support industries located in the St. Louis area. The family had a mansion on Beggs Island in Lac La Belle, near Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. I have wondered if that family island setting may have influenced Robert McCulloch’s plans for Lake Havasu.

@josephnebeker7976

2y↑7

I used to live in Phoenix, Arizona in the '80s, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. From Las Vegas, I visited the London Bridge in Arizona. Not long after, I moved to England and crossed the London Bridge in London.
And the Westminster Bridge.
Fun times.

@capt.bart.roberts4975

2y↑5

I can remember it being taken apart, each had a part no. Wonderful combination of British and American eccentricity.

@highpath4776

2y↑23

I must have travelled over London Bridge when it was still fully in situ. When the new one was being cast in place and the one here being taken down it was a right pain driving over effectively temporary bridge and lane closures, normally I travelled at the weekend , in hindsight trying to find Southwark Bridge and cutting over that would have been quicker !

@vickielawless

43w

My parents knew a guy who worked for the contractor dismantling the bridge. Apparently, a couple of damaged balustrades never made it to Arizona and are still here in the UK.. Nobody noticed because when rebuilt, the bridge was a few feet shorter to suit it's new site. And what a beautiful location it is- London Bridge looks better now than it did in London, a real credit to the Yanks..

@-Jadon

2y↑233

The lamp posts being made from Napoleons cannons is a beast move.

@martynbush3462

Many bollards around London are old canon from the Napoleonic wars with a cannon ball brazed into the barrel and stuck into the ground.

@tommyfred6180

2y↑7

mate the school my dad went to as a little kid had Napoleonic cannons as traffic bollards. they stopped people parking on the pavement outside to front gate. this kind of thing is not unusual this side of the pond.

@thebagnechannel3183

2y↑6

Almost as much of a beast move as decorating the bridge with the heads of slain opponents. LOL

@mindedchaos

2y↑1

our country had bollocks once ... we even stuck the heads of enemys on the spikes on tower bridge

@subconscious.com_usa6691

2y↑1

Victoria Crosses are made from captured old Cannons too some believe either
Spanish or Chinese but i am not 100% sure

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@SirDucky2000

1y↑2

I live 10 minutes from it, I’m so glad someone finally gave a good explanation to its history

@Expressionistix

2y↑21

Back in the late 90’s a vehicle went off the side into the channel and broke the banisters and stone railings. I was commissioned to paint a mural on the temporary plywood that spaced the open gap. I was also give a piece of a broken banister of which I donated to a now long gone attraction that existed in the English Village under the bridge.

@az_exit1279

Recently, a guy in my counseling class got a DUI for crashing into the bridge, causing $200,000 in damage.

@capt.bart.roberts4975

2y↑3

My partner's uncle was one of the guys involved in selling it to America. It needed replacing badly, my dad could remember the horse drawn traffic jams on the bridge. There's an apocryphal story about the people buying it thought they were getting Tower Bridge.

@capt.bart.roberts4975

It's the lowest bridging point, almost a ford.

@BluRibbonReviews

2y↑4

Born and raised in havasu since 1992. Always enjoy the history, turns this town in the middle of nowhere into something special ✨️ 😉

@judykaymacgreagor4422

2y↑31

We did not have social media back in 74 when I saw the bridge. Havasu was only a lake. Did not see the bridge when we stopped over on way to Vegas until the next morning. We were camped out on the lake and I thought I was seeing a mirage. A beautiful site to be sure. How did I not know it was there? Lived in Tucson several years. Glad to see it’s story.

@guillermo3564

@Judykay Macgreagor I was born and raised in Az. and had no clue about the bridge until my late teens. Since I was all of 12 when it opened, that would explain it. The CBS evening news with Walter Cronkite wasn't on my list of things to do at that age.

@Muswell

2y↑2

An incredible feat.
I'm surprised that it only cost a few million to reconstruct.

@RuthAnnnMorris

2y↑5

My best friends dad was the site supervisor on the London Bridge. She and I went with Her dad several times while the bridge was being built. What a memory

@budz3706

Lies

@sophiebliss

2y↑2

This is actually really awesome. They got a very good deal on it, even with inflation taken into account. Paintings have gone for more money, probably even paintings of this bridge.

@russell4718

2y↑3

Never wondered why it was brought over but I worked on the project to put it back together and also on his Castle got to learn a lot about stone work

@liamcollinson5695

2y↑5

I like how the Roman bridge lasted the longest but I suppose it didn't have to deal with cars and trucks and the blitz. London is very old so the bridge may be haunted London is allegedly particularly the underground which has a long some what grim history

@sonorangaming4450

2y↑8

Been there a couple times since moving to AZ. Its definitely interesting to walk over, and kayak under. The restaurant underneath is good too, Burgers by the Bridge.

@fluffyfour

2y↑11

I was a young child in 1968, brought up in London. I remember my parents laughing a lot about this. The story we were told, by very reputable newspapers, was that the American businessman thought he had bought Tower Bridge, and was shocked when he got it home to find - no towers and no bridge splitting mechanism!!

@Transit_Biker

2y↑6

I think that’s an urban myth.

@milt6208

2y↑8

I lived in Havasu during this period and that story is totally false. The people who bought it went to London and totally surveyed the bridge many times and knew what they were buying. These were very smart people who were building a city in the middle of nowhere. And they nailed it.

@jasoncaine2600

2y↑1

'Reputable newspapers' 🤷‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@willygoat9390

2y↑19

Jay Foreman also did an excellent video showcasing the history of this bridge.

@KP-cb4sy

2y↑2

Definitely worth watching for some context on this 2nd incarnation of London Bridge.

@assistanttothetravelingsec8301

2y↑4

As I was watching, the cynical side of me was thinking that it would be a failure, a stupid pie in the sky business venture. But when I found out it was actually successful I was like, wow that's great it worked out! Sometimes I wonder about myself...

@paulaortega3756

2y↑23

I remember seeing the London Bridge when it was just a pile of big old blocks surrounded by desert and earth-movers in Lake Havasu - before the lake was constructed. Not too impressive at the time.

@HavasuTyson

2y↑3

Lake Havasu was made long before the London Bridge came to Lake Havasu City.

@paulaortega3756

2y↑2

@HavasuTyson Thank you for jogging my memory. I was just a kid.

@milt6208

I lived in the FHA Track homes less than a mile from where they stored the bridge stones.

@edwardmiessner6502

2y↑9

I'm old enough to remember when the news media (back when it was news, not entertainment) reported that Dave McCullough had the London Bridge taken and rebuilt in Lake Havasu City

@milt6208

Robert P McCulloch

@ProTroll_UK

Wow, what other amazing memories do you have? Please do tell…..

@ThomasTheAlphaAndOmega8509

2y↑9

I live in Arizona and never new that London bridge is here! Thank you for the newest landmark to my list of places to see here

@voodoobluetaco

have had many oppertunities to see this very bridge. I love historic places that continue to function as intended.

@geodavras

2y↑1

born and raised in az and drove 5 hours to see it
it’s an iconic place truly and it’s cool to see foreign antique history here

@krazeekalvin

2y↑13

I've been on it in Arizona. I use to have a piece of granite that had a label on it stating that is was a part of the London Bridge. Don't know how true that was though. Gave it to an English friend.

@maclura

2y↑1

ya that seems to be a scam that happens in all tourist traps

@dickfitswell3437

2y↑3

Been to Havasu. Been on the bridge. Jumped off the bridge. Awesome city and even better lake. Nice and cold. Cliff jumping was fun as heck.

@adrianthomas6667

I was a runner for a shipping agency and my route was from Jewry Street, past Pudding Lane where the monument to the great fire of London stands. Past the Tower of London to the Customs House and then over London Bridge to deliver Bills of Lading to the wharf warehouses which have now been converted to apartments. Then over Tower Bridge and back to the office in Jewry Street. Twice a day on foot, which is why we were called runners. This was in 1968.
The story I was told was LONDON BRIDGE was put up for sale. A dumb American thought he was buying TOWER BRIDGE and only found out afterwards he was sold a pup.

@nisar6339

2y↑4

I’ve been there and have walked around and under the bridge. It’s beautiful.

@katherinekinnaird4408

2y↑7

Excellent story. I live in California and totally remember when the bridge opened.

@DawnOldham

2y↑2

I absolutely did NOT know that the London Bridge had been moved to Arizona! What a story! 😮😊❤

@ADayintheLifeoftheTw

2y↑10

I enjoy this bridge and lake. Loved all the union jacks flying over and fish and chips served there during the summer.

@jrho5431

18w↑1

💥 The MOST interesting Financial Fact about the London Bridge project is that McCulloch and Wood actually made a huge PROFIT on this entire deal!! The bridge that you see in Arizona is only the exterior shell granite of the original bridge from London. You see in this video that when the bridge was rebuilt, they created an interior concrete core and rebuilt the exterior facade granite only. McCulloch then Sold the remainder of the granite stone to cemeterys for grave headstones and also the small granite memorabilia 'Pieces of the London Bridge' to many tourists, thereby making more money in the total bridge project than the total price he paid! You need to consider the Genius involved in the Highest Priced Antique purchase in History and you still make a profit on that Deal! And that is only the money they made on the Bridge, BEFORE the fortune McCulloch made on selling all the Real Estate of his new tourist destination, Lake Havasu City! You are all learning about one of the greatest modern stories of the creation of a new American city! And the Londoners who believed that gossip story about buying the Tower Bridge have No Clue about what a Great success this crazy dream has become!! McCulloch and Wood were brilliant visionaries!! 😂

@FakeMoonRocks

2y↑3

Went off the rails at the end and began mentioning events from the time of the medieval Old London Bridge (1209–1831), as if it was the same bridge as this one, at that time.

@zZOMBIE2013

2y↑64

Lived in Arizona all my life, and I never knew we even had a London bridge here.

@Joe_Viben

2y↑7

💀

@robertbrodie5183

was very excited to see/cross it new about it since 80,s in 2010s lived in las vegas an got fience all hyped to do the road trip got my autistic son singing the song followed the mapquest directions but could not find it .turned out the little 3rd rate looking overpass thingy was it very disapointing family road trip

@highpath4776

2y↑2

@Robert Brodie sorry about that. Indeed the song was about the earlier London Bridge. The Rennie one was more functional, think really of the Noel Coward song "London Pride" as indeed it became associated with London and WW2 survival. Putney Bridge in London is of a similar design. A lot of the bridges had tolls for many years, the money went to the Corporation of London Bridge House Charity which provides Education grants to london kids. It might get mentioned in the Broadcast of the Lord Mayors show early in Nov if you can get a look at that.

@robertbrodie5183

2y↑1

its a pretty average bait and switch tourist trap of its day whole books on them crossed the country in 1970 with parents stoping at many of them revisted the "best snack bar by a damn site" in boulder city when i moved to vegas an roadside america pa was (IS?) a great place the homoginization of america due to airtravel and highways has had a cost

@orfnerlax

how ?

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@martinisgreatadventure720

2y↑2

Good Story.. There is more information on it if you dig into it. I was there when it was put up and I was 11 during the opening celebration. I have the original pamphlets and newspaper clippings along with photos.

@oliverpetroski4205

Super haunted bridge. I already knew it was transported from my English classes some 30 years ago plus in the movie "Falling Down" it is mentioned as well.

@michaelsteele4587

Despite the critics of this project, without this man...that bridge probably would have just been torn out and the pieces re-used in other construction projects or they'd have sold it off in small pieces to collectors. It honestly ended up in probably one of the best climates it possibly could which in turn is going to help preserve it for probably many more centuries.

@ginog5037

2y↑3

Excellent show Ryan, as the saying goes "I have a bridge to sell you." you prove it to be true...lol

@campkohler9131

2y↑8

At 14:05 "expodentialy" s/b exponentially, but otherwise it's a good episode. Left out was how all the utilities for the area were provided once it had become an island. After all, they had to "cross the Thames" just like the bridge did.

@alancranford3398

2y↑2

One interesting fact is that Woody was involved in both Disneyland and moving the London Bridge.

@milt6208

2y↑1

And the old Wood Building on McCulloch Blvd.

@Dog-whisperer7494

2y↑3

The city of London was originally called Londonion.
The children’s nursery rhyme. Is Referring to the original wooden London Bridge that was parshley destroyed during the great fire of London, as was most of the city of London the fire started in a baker’s shop in pudding lane and the monument now stands a bout 100 yards from the site were that bakers once was the bridge was replaced by the stone bridge you now have in Arizona .

@blackdogslivesmatter1568

Ive been in AZ since '94 and never knew this. I had never wanted to go there...its full of drunk rich kids or college students...but I want to see the bridge. How cool it would be to see a ghost. Ive seen them before...so different each time.

@rickpontificates3406

2y↑1

Ironically, the public also scoffed at Woods' other project; Disneyland, saying it would never last. I wonder what ever happened to Disneyland? 🤔
(Note: that Wood was STRICKEN from the Disney records and is considered a con man by Disney insiders)

@norm5785

2y↑1

I was there when it opened. Simply amazing. What an awesome community surrounds it also.

@Sckadoo

The ghosts don't actually cross the bridge. There are actually passageways inside the bridge workers use for inspection, and that's where most of the ghost stories come from.

@RG-hf4et

2y↑1

I have been here several times & I live in NJ. Super interesting. You can see that many if the blocks still have numbers on them.

@vince1638

2y↑2

I moved to Havasu 5 years ago from Oregon. The bridge is a fabulous center piece and a great attraction. I only wish I had discovered this beautiful oasis 40 years ago. I would have vacationed here with my kids and bought a summer house. This is a great community that is conservative, safe and very family oriented. BTW, McCullough made thousands of dollars selling excess Granite to stone masons and headstone carvers all over America. The man and his partner, Mr. Wood were absolute American geniuses capable of anything they could imagine. They were part of the Greatest American Generation. Great Video , thank you.

@amazingredkitty3605

I have a small piece of the London Bridge that I bought as a souvenir in one of the shops.

@vince1638

2y↑1

@Amazing Red Kitty There are actually large hunks of Granite blocks that were unused placed around the city. They used them as decorative items in parking strips and traffic islands. Some still have the original blacktop pavement on them! My best friend is from London and he loves walking across the bridge, remembering crossing with his Mum in the old days. Cheers!

@TillyOrifice

2y↑4

I've been under London Bridge in a speedboat. It's the closest I've ever been to London.

@dennyliegerot4021

2y↑1

In 1979 my German exchange student and I traveled all the way across the country with the intention of including a detour so he could see the bridge for himself....

@physco42083

Your research into this is awesome!! Respect. Leave it to Az to flip things on its head.

@johnmurray3888

50w

Back in 1970, rumor had it that the sale of London Bridge was based on a misconception - some of the American buyers had allegedly mistaken London Bridge for the more photogenic Tower Bridge.

@GT-43

2y↑2

This isn't the London Bridge. This is the granite surface blocks from the London Bridge that were cut to fit to cover a new hollow core steel reinforced concrete bridge. They didn't even use all the granite stones. But still pretty cool that somebody in Arizona bought them and repurposed the granite stones for a new bridge.

@freetolook3727

2y↑19

Having a house on the bridge back in those days came with it's own toilet and sewer system! 😂

@milt6208

2y↑2

And all the water you could drink.

@bigdmac33

Very entertaining and educational presentation. All those fires that the bridge survived. It's a good job that the bridge has been moved from the Thames - I doubt that it would survive the explosion if the SS Richard Montgomery decided to detonate!!

@grahamsmith9541

The explosion would not touch it. SS Montgomery is not in London. It is off the Kent coast where the Thames And Medway estuaries meet. Bits of Kent and Essex would be destroyed though.

@markrowell7242

I worked in Lake Havasu in 1967 before the bridge was put in. Just out of high school, I worked at the airport on the pennisula serviceing the Lockheed Constalation passenger planes that were used by McCullock to bring people from Los Angeles to sell housing lots. The alterial motive is to get a population that would work in his manufacturing plant. I used my proceeds to earn my private pilot's license. Pulling weeds on the gravel cross runway was certainly a hot job during the summer months. I visited lately and it has certainly grown up and is certainly more refined and expensive place to live or visit.

@milt6208

My Old Man used to work for Holly Development and would meet those Connies out there by old Site Six. Those three old Connies sat out there for a long time. I remember them too. Beautiful planes.

@TurtleDude05

2y↑9

This story still amazes me, every time I hear about it.

@cieludbjrg4706

47w

I’ve heard they wanted to buy the iconic Tower bridge, and thought London Bridge was the same. Well, now I know the real story! :D

@bigdeal6852

2y↑2

A Man that was made fun of and chastised in the media (which is normal today) and yet still went ahead with his dream and bought the bridge.... which would be beneficial to everybody ! It tells you a lot...how to pursue and do something you want to do.
In the end he the last laugh !

@ezequiellopez8518

2y↑6

I literally walked and drove right on this bridge a couple months ago while Visiting lake havasu I literally never heard of lake havasu before my trip there but now I keep hearing about it since I got back weird

@Tom-hl4xj

2y↑6

Please do an episode on Arcosanti. The experimental desert community that helped inspire some of star wars!

@username00009

I recently watched a video about Arcosanti, but I don’t remember them mentioning Star Wars. Was it the architectural elements that inspired parts of Star Wars?

@proposmontreal

2y↑5

As a non-american, I was surprised I knew that, Intersting story!
Very well done video as always.

@xbrandi12345x

2y↑1

Wow I feel like this is something we should have been taught in elementary school but I definitely never learned this but I remember my teacher having us sing London Bridge Is Falling Down

@mr.logicpants2835

2y↑2

My wife and I spend much for honeymoon at lake Havasu. We got to see the London bridge and it was really cool.

@therawksaw2135

I've known the man had purchased it to save it from being put to the scrap yard.. To think they were just going to throw away that piece of History was mind-boggling.. or maybe they were actually trying to sell it all along LOL

@davefellhoelter1343

2y↑5

It's Really Funny watching European Tourists faces when I tell them Havasu has the "ACTUAL" London Bridge! Didi it Twice last month, two from Switzerland IN HAVASU! on the ferry to a casino that started Next to the bridge! and then a couple from Germany with a rental convertible at a gas station heading towards LA.

@Aron-ru5zk

The actual famous London Bridge is gone, this is the one that replaced it.

@Aerospaceman

2y↑1

I happened across this story and my Grandfather was one of the mason's working on the project. Pretty Cool!

@swith651

2y↑16

I remember watching a tv movie in the 80s, terror at london bridge, or something like that, where the bridge was moved to arizona and when the last stone was put in place it resurrected jack the ripper. Mass murders ensued..

@NSFDarkIce

Seen and crossed the bridge about a hindered times in Lake Havasu, always thought to myself, there is no way they got the whole bridge over, it had to be just a portion, nope, they brought the whole damn thing apparently.

@Demonslayer20111

2y↑8

The london bridge of the nursery ryhme is NOT the same bridge. It was demolished in 1831. Im not sure why you said that in the beginning and then actually explained it later.

@nelliedownsouth2316

20w

0:35 it isn't the original London bridge, the one in Arizona is 'new london bridge' (1832-1968)
The main London bridge was a medieval structure (1176-1832) which the one now in Arizona replaced..

@vetar3372

2y↑6

This guy is relatable somehow. Like, if i was offered the opportunity and had the money i would do it

@illestvillain2339

2y↑2

Do what???????????

@vetar3372

2y↑1

@iLLest Villain The bridge

@tedcurrently6092

2y↑2

I'm live in AZ, it's so random that it's in lake Havasu city. Most Arizonans have never even seen it.

@dent6110

2y↑1

Wow that was kool . i thought that I had learned something about it , but nothing like this wow . I would have been proud to be there for bridge opening. What and accomplishment and such a beautiful Bridge