tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post7736377817032001361..comments2024-03-19T10:31:34.937+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: London Bridge in the USAHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18229554413483317942015-11-03T01:10:09.509+11:002015-11-03T01:10:09.509+11:00Hey london Girl, get your facts right!Hey london Girl, get your facts right!Jan Kassieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314200386103991912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2941413535356935742013-06-12T10:16:15.826+10:002013-06-12T10:16:15.826+10:00London Girl
Robert P. McCulloch did two extremely...London Girl<br /><br />Robert P. McCulloch did two extremely clever things, decades before the London Bridge story. Firstly he married into a family that made its fortune from cast-iron engines and later aluminium engines. Secondly he made his own fortune with chainsaws, oil and gas exploration, land development and geothermal energy.<br /><br />He had an airport built on the island and offered free flights to entice buyers to Lake Havasu. By the time McCulloch died in 1977, this newest project was going beautifully.<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60117868597206986512013-06-12T10:00:38.093+10:002013-06-12T10:00:38.093+10:00elegancemaison
you are soooo spot on. I lived in ...elegancemaison<br /><br />you are soooo spot on. I lived in Britain back then and thought it was a dollar-for-heritage type deal. And how can a nation "buy" culture? Nations either have it or they don't.<br /><br />But what would have happened to the bridge, had it not been bought and transported? It would have been put into a giant skip and perhaps used to fill pot holes in roads.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-63283443312645700802013-06-12T08:49:48.375+10:002013-06-12T08:49:48.375+10:00I hope Robert Paxton McCulloch was not paupered by...I hope Robert Paxton McCulloch was not paupered by the purchase. Did he go on to success and fameLondon Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-77727121254098328672013-06-12T05:38:35.557+10:002013-06-12T05:38:35.557+10:00Thank you for giving the American end of the story...Thank you for giving the American end of the story - and for the lovely photo of the (new) London Bridge in situ there. I can remember when working in London in 1970/71 how we all laughed at the 'gullible' Americans who thought they had bought Tower Bridge. <br /><br />Of course we soon found out our mistake, but until your post I was still under the impression that it was rebuilt "in the desert" - like a road to nowhere. <br /><br />It was only slightly earlier that the grand old Cunard liner Queen Mary had been sold to America for use as a hotel. At the time there was also a huge market in shipping massive loads of unloved Victorian and Edwardian 'antiques' to the USA. I think we all thought the Americans were mad to want all this 'old stuff' when we in the UK were just embracing the new swinging sixties etc.<br /><br />Funny that.elegancemaisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043236515999573762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-23828289005495311782013-06-12T01:14:25.153+10:002013-06-12T01:14:25.153+10:00Andrew
when I look at all the old photos of an im...Andrew<br /><br />when I look at all the old photos of an impossibly crowed London Bridge in the 1890-1900 era, I think they seriously misunderstood the real needs of a huge city.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-20118300844771370162013-06-11T23:10:38.492+10:002013-06-11T23:10:38.492+10:00I knew a little about London Bridge, but you have ...I knew a little about London Bridge, but you have fleshed it out so well. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com