Morrison certainly got one thing right: although it is not the most spectacular, the new Waterloo Bridge is a source of pride for Londoners mainly because it was built under Nazi bombings in World War II.
Initially, the work was planned to be halted, but when the Nazis began bombing London in 1940, the British government decided that completing the bridge was a matter of national importance.
It wasn't just about finishing a feat of engineering, it was about showing to both the Germans and the British that nothing, not even bombs, was going to stop them.
The project was carried out by architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, who designed an elegant concrete and steel bridge with five spans; a small structural feat at the time.
[
Collection
]
[
|
...
]