Facts about Tower Bridge, London.

 

 

Some have never reached and passed through this bridge and there are many others who have never been here… Those who have been through it already know the history of the construction of this bridge. Must not know .. Haa let's read a little info /

 

Ada yang penah sampai dan melalui jambatan ni dan ada yang ramai lagi yang tidak pernah sampai kesini… Yang sudah melalui tu dah tahu ke sejarah mengenai pembinaan jambatan ni. Mesti tak tahukan.. Haa jom baca sikit info ini 

TOWER BRIDGE WAS NOT LONDON BRIDGE / 

TOWER BRIDGE BUKAN LONDON BRIDGE

 

 Tower Bridge is probably the most famous bridge in London but it is not the London Bridge. The London Bridge is quite far upstream and quite clear when compared to this bridge.

 

Tower Bridge mungkin jambatan yang paling terkenal di London tetapi ianya bukan Jambatan London. Jambatan London agak jauh ke hulu sungai dan agak jelas jika dibandingkan dengan jambatan ini.

OVER 50 DESIGNS HAVE BEEN SENT TO BUILD THIS BRIDGE./ LEBIH 50 REKA BENTUK TELAH DIHANTAR UNTUK MEMBUAT JAMBATAN INI.

The City of London Corporation held a competition to design a new bridge to help Londoners travel between the two sides of the River Thames in 1876./

 

City of London Corporation mengadakan pertandingan untuk reka bentuk jambatan baru untuk membantu orang London mengembara antara kedua-dua belah Sungai Thames pada tahun 1876.

OVER 50 DESIGNS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BUT NONE HAVE BEEN APPROVED/

LEBIH 50 REKA BENTUK TELAH DISERAHKAN TETAPI TIADA YANG DILULUSKAN..

Until 1884, the architect Sir Horace Jones and his civil engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry had chosen their designs.

 

Sehingga 1884, arkitek Sir Horace Jones dan jurutera awamnya Sir John Wolfe Barry reka bentuk mereka telah dipilih.

THE SAME ARCHITECTS WHO DESIGNED TOWER BRIDGE WERE ALSO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO DESIGNED MANY FAMOUS MARKET BUILDINGS IN LONDON

 

ARKITEK SAMA YANG MEREKA TOWER BRIDGE JUGA ORANG YANG SAMA MEREKA BENTUK BANYAK BANGUNAN PASARAN TERKENAL DI LONDON

Sir Horace Jones (architect) The building behind Tower Bridge houses some of the most iconic buildings in Victoria London including Leadenhall Market, Smithfield Market and Billingsgate Market.

 

Sir Horace Jones (arkitek) Bangunan di belakang Tower Bridge terdapat beberapa bangunan paling ikonik di Victoria London termasuk Pasar Leadenhall, Pasar Smithfield dan Pasar Billingsgate.

THE TWO LEVERED PARTS ARE CALLED BASCULES

 DUA BAHAGIAN LEVERED DIPANGGIL BASCULES

The two parts in the middle range are called bascules - and they rise to an 83 -degree angle. It’s pretty impressive when you look at it. Coincidentally, bascule comes from French for seesaws so it's no wonder its design is so.

 

Kedua-dua bahagian dalam rentang tengah dipanggil bascules - dan ia naik ke sudut 83 darjah. Ia cukup mengagumkan apabila anda melihatnya. Secara kebetulan, bascule berasal dari bahasa Perancis untuk jungkat-jungkit jadi tidak hairan la reka bentuknya begitu.

AND WEIGHS OVER 1,100 TONS EACH/ DAN BERATNYA MELEBIHI 1,100 TAN SETIAP SATU

In other words, they are quite heavy./ Dalam erti kata lain, mereka agak berat.

THERE IS A LARGE ROOM UNDER THE BRIDGE TO BALANCE BASCULES

TERDAPAT BILIK BESAR DI BAWAH JAMBATAN UNTUK MENGIMBANGI BASCULES

Bascule Chamber is one of the more unique places in London - a large cave under a bridge where balancers swing to operate the bridge.

 

Bascule Chamber ialah salah satu tempat yang lebih unik di London - sebuah gua besar di bawah jambatan di mana pengimbang berayun untuk mengendalikan jambatan.

You can visit in a special tour - but they also have an occasional music concert in the room because the acoustics are quite exceptional.

 

Anda boleh melawat dalam lawatan khas - tetapi mereka juga mempunyai konsert musik sekali-sekala di dalam ruangan tersebut kerana akustiknya agak luar biasa.

 IT WAS FORMERLY POWERED BY A COAL BURNING STEAM ENGINE

IANYA DULU DIKUASAKAN OLEH ENJIN STIM PEMBAKARAN ARANG BATU

When Tower Bridge first opened, it was once powered by a coal-burning steam engine, but this was replaced by a combination of electricity and oil in the 1970s.

 

Apabila Tower Bridge mula dibuka, ia pernah dikuasakan oleh enjin wap pembakaran arang batu, tetapi ini telah digantikan dengan gabungan elektrik dan minyak pada tahun 1970-an.