11. (2 points for the correct task) Match the beginnings to the endings. There is one extra ending. Fill the table.
A) Tower Bridge walkways.
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B)The style of the bridge.
C)Meaning of Tower Bridge for the city.
D)People who created the bridge.
E)Tower of London.
1. The pedestrian walkway was built to allow people to go, when the bridge had to be raised. However in 1909, only 13 years after it opened, the upper walkways was closed when it was found that few pedestrians ever used it. In 1982, the walkway was reopened for the use of tourists.
2. The engineer was Sir John Wolfe Barry and the architect was Sir Horace Jones. Jones described the bridge’s towers as “steel skeletons clothed with stone”.
3. Built between 1886 and 1894, it has two Gothic-style towers. Parliament demanded Gothic style of the bridge to harmonize with the nearby Tower of London.
4. Tower Bridge, bridge on the Thames River in London, near the Tower of London, is one of the city’s principal landmarks.
