Tower Bridge
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Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in central London. Built in 1886, the bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London.
In 1916, during World War I, the bridge served as an impromptu base of operations for a German spy ring led by the Templar Master Spy. The base was cleared out by the Assassin Lydia Frye, before being occupied by Winston Churchill.
Trivia
Tower Bridge is erroneously depicted in its familiar Blue / White / Red painting scheme; however, the bridge was painted those colours in 1977 to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. Since its construction, it had previously been a chocolate brown colour. A similar mistake was made in the movie "The Mummy Returns" (2001) which was set in 1933.
