THE BURY ST EDMUNDS BEING TOWED UP TO TOWER BRIDGE In Gallery / THE PORT OF LONDON

THE BURY ST EDMUNDS BEING TOWED UP TO TOWER BRIDGE

Tower Bridge has been opened to allow the barque Bury St Edmunds to proceed into the Upper Pool. Another square rigger (a vessel with rectangular sails hanging from crossed yards) is moored near the bridge. Both craft are exploiting the calm conditions to dry their sails. A paddle steamer full of trippers is making downstream for Greenwich. The ...