Lake Havasu is known for having London's original London Bridge (built in 1831 and closed in 1967) after which the song London Bridge is Falling Down is named after. The founder of Lake Havasu City, Robert MuColloch, in 1970 paid the city of London $2.5 million US for the bridge. He then had the bridge dismantled and each rock numbered, packed and shipped to California where it was then trucked the rest of the way to Lake Havasu City. There the rocks were unpacked and reassembled over a concrete bridge foundation which was officially opened as London Bridge in Lake Havasu on October 10, 1971.
An entire "English" village was constructed along the waterfront to add to the tourist attraction.
View of the bridge from the water.
English style housing along the bank of the channel.
Another view of the bridge...absolutely amazing that they could reconstruct the bridge and use it after it was closed down because it couldn't handle the traffic in London, England in 1967.
Lake Havasu is known for having London's original London Bridge (built in 1831 and closed in 1967) after which the song London Bridge is Falling Down is named after. The founder of Lake Havasu City, Robert MuColloch, in 1970 paid the city of London $2.5 million US for the bridge. He then had the bridge dismantled and each rock numbered, packed and shipped to California where it was then trucked the rest of the way to Lake Havasu City. There the rocks were unpacked and reassembled over a concrete bridge foundation which was officially opened as London Bridge in Lake Havasu on October 10, 1971.
An entire "English" village was constructed along the waterfront to add to the tourist attraction.
View of the bridge from the water.
English style housing along the bank of the channel.
Another view of the bridge...absolutely amazing that they could reconstruct the bridge and use it after it was closed down because it couldn't handle the traffic in London, England in 1967.
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