![]() ![]() McCulloch's real estate agent, Robert Plumer, learned that London Bridge was for sale and convinced McCulloch to buy it and bring it to the area to attract potential land buyers. But the real estate agents could not bring in prospective buyers, because the land was far from centers of population and had a very hot, arid climate. In 1958 McCulloch purchased 3,353 acres (13.57 km 2) of property on the east side of the lake along Pittsburgh Point, the peninsula, intending to develop the land. The community first started as an Army Air Corps rest camp, called "Site Six" during World War II on the shores of Lake Havasu. He installed the bridge to attract tourists and retirement home buyers to his properties there. McCulloch, was an entrepreneur and real estate developer who founded Lake Havasu City. By 1962, it was not sturdy enough to carry the increased load of traffic the bridge was sold by the City of London in April 1968 to make way for its replacement. The 1831 London Bridge was the last project of engineer John Rennie, and was completed by his son, John Rennie. ![]() History London Bridge in Arizona, 1972, showing the new canal The "rededication" of the London Bridge took place on October 10, 1971. The bridge was completed in 1971 (along with the Bridgewater Channel Canal, separating the peninsula from the mainland), and links mainland Lake Havasu City with Pittsburgh Point. The Arizona bridge is a reinforced concrete structure clad in the original masonry of the 1830s bridge. ![]() The only parts of the “New London Bridge” that made it to Arizona were the exterior masonry. However, McCulloch only had the exterior granite blocks from the original bridge cut and transported to the United States for use in the construction of a new bridge in Lake Havasu City, a planned community he established in 1964 on the shore of Lake Havasu. In 1968, the bridge was purchased from the City of London by Robert P. When it was built in the 1830s, it spanned the River Thames in London, England. London Bridge is a bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States. ![]()
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