How one little boat (and me) held up miles of London traffic at Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is a tourist attraction these days: but first and foremost, it's a working, lifting bridge. And river traffic comes first. • Thanks to the Tower Bridge team: they have details of their tours here: https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/ Produced by: Cambria Bailey-Jones Edited by: Guy Larsen Camera: Jamie MacLeod 2nd Unit Camera: Jimmy Blake Drone Director: Matthew Bateman Drone Operators: Ian Hunter, Phil Conrad A Penny4 Production: https://www.penny4.co.uk Filmed safely: https://www.tomscott.com/safe/ REFERENCES: Corporation of London (Tower Bridge) Act 1885, https://vlex.co.uk/vid/corporation-of-london-tower-808108441 Hansard debate on Tower Bridge 1970, https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1960-01-27/debates/9f990ccf-e0e0-439c-bdbb-ef42162e4c57/TowerBridge 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast/ ➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: https://youtube.com/tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif