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River Thames & The Tower Bridge
Thames is the name of a river in london. It divides the city in to two different parts.
The northern part and the southern part. It connects london with the sea and it is
346 kilometers long. In the past the river froze completely in the winter and they
used to ice skate on the river.

There are many bridges built on the river. One of them is the “Tower Bridge”. Many
people call it london bridge but they are wrong. London bridge is the name of the
next bridge. This bridge was built in 1884 and it took just 4 years to be built. There
is a museum inside the tower about the bridge. The bridge has 2 towers and opens
and closes five hundred times a year. The “Tower Bridge” is 243 meters long and 64
meters tall.


Now it’s your turn. Make 5 questions about “The Tower Bridge” and

“The River Thames” and answer them.