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While finding the Old London Bridge model an interesting subject my researches into it reveal that it may have some mistakes. Missing is the water pump house that would have been on the northwestern corner of the bridge. Further to that the starlings (the masonry supports on each span) are a trifle too high. At high tide they were under water. On the ebb the level of the water on the eastern side of the bridge dropped by as much as six feet and only the most experienced ferrymen risked "shooting the bridge " (drownings and housings were fairly common). The ornate palatial building near the drawbridge on the southern end of the bridge was made in Holland/the Netherlands, shipped over to London in pieces and constructed at the bridge site without any nails, using dowels only.
Derek
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