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St. Thomas
Chapel was grander than hi-town parish churches; it
flats to let London even had a river-level entrance
for fishermen and those who taxied passengers across
the river. The new bridge took 33 years to complete
and was not finished until 1209, during the reign
of King John.
John licensed the building of houses on the bridge,
as a direct flats to let London means of
deriving revenue for its maintenance, and it was soon
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Flats to let London
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The medieval bridge had 19 small arches
and a drawbridge with a defensive flats
to let London gatehouse at the southern
end. Contemporary pictures show it crowded
with buildings of up to seven stories
in height.
The narrowness of the arches meant that
it acted as a partial barrage over the
Thames, restricting water flow and thereby
making the river more susceptible to freezing
over in flats to let London winter because
of the slower currents. The current was
further obstructed by the addition of
waterwheels (designed by Peter Morice)
under the two north arches to drive water
pumps, and under the two south arches
to power grain mills.
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This produced ferocious rapids between the
piers or "starlings" of the bridge,
as the difference between the water levels on
each side flats to let London could be as much
as six feet (two metres).[7]
Only the brave or foolhardy attempted to "shoot
the bridge"—steer a boat between
the starlings—and many were drowned trying
to do flats to let London so. As the saying
went, the bridge was "for wise men to pass
over, and for fools to pass under".[8]
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