A River Runs Through It.

This week's Jim Night found us in Borough, at the Royal Oak (London's only Harvey's pub ale fans!). So I briefly detoured to take a snap of a London landmark.
When Tower Bridge was opened, in 1894, it was critisised for it's, by then, unfashionable faux-Gothic style.
H.H. Statham wrote: "It represents the vice of tawdriness & pretentiousness, & of falsification of the actual facts of the structure". Today few remember H.H. Statham, but everyone knows Tower Bridge.
The bridge is crossed by over 40,000 people a day, but river traffic still has priority (although 24 hours notice is required to open the bascules).
Famously, in 1952, the warning bell & gates were not operated, forcing Albert Gunton to jump the 3ft gap & 6ft drop in his Number 78 double decker bus. Nobody was seriously hurt & Gunton received £10 for his bravery.
In May1997 visiting U.S. President Bill Clinton fell foul of the river's priority over road, when his motorcade was divided by the opening bridge. A bridge spokesman said they tried to alert the American Embassy, "but they wouldn't answer the 'phone."