Why did they move London Bridge to Lake Havasu?

Moving the original London Bridge to Arizona was a scheme to make a small town in Arizona a tourist attraction. Businessman Robert P. McCulloch's ventures ranged from oil exploration to manufacturing chain saws, and he once tried to market a two-man gyroplane, a cross between a helicopter and a small airplane.



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Here is Why. More water is released from Lake Mead and Lake Powell to supply the demand and California has the largest entitlements to these lakes, and Lake Havasu serves as a balancing reservoir.

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Lake Havasu is a large reservoir formed by Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between San Bernardino County, California and Mohave County, Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the Arizonan side of the lake with its Californian counterpart of Havasu Lake directly across the lake.



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The Opening of New London Bridge, 1 August 1831 1831-32 Work on the new London Bridge, to replace the existing bridge that was over 600 years old, began in 1825.

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Once the key crossing point of the Thames River, the bridge was built in 1209 to replace the original Roman crossing built in 50. It remained in use for over 600 years, before being demolished in the 19th century to provide access for river traffic.

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Moving the original London Bridge to Arizona was a scheme to make a small town in Arizona a tourist attraction. Businessman Robert P. McCulloch's ventures ranged from oil exploration to manufacturing chain saws, and he once tried to market a two-man gyroplane, a cross between a helicopter and a small airplane.

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In 1962, it was discovered that the London Bridge was falling down. It was sinking into the Thames because it was not adequate for the increase in London traffic across it. Robert McCulloch a Lake Havasu businessman learned that the British Government was putting the bridge up for sale.

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History of the London Bridge The City Bridge Trust donates 30 million pounds annually in this way. According to the City of London, the first bridge across the Thames was built between 1176 and 1209. It was replaced in the early 19th century and a third time when the existing bridge was built.

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Any vessel that is more than 9m (30ft) tall, can request a bridge lift. The Bridge is bound by an Act of Parliament (the Tower Bridge Act of 1885) to give river traffic priority over road traffic.

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