The American who bought London Bridge

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    I vaguely remember London Bridge being sold to an American when I was a child and later we would joke that he had really wanted to buy Tower Bridge, but ended up getting the wrong one, which of course wasn't true.

    I had never heard of Lake Havasu either, until watching the film 'Falling Down' where Robert Duvall's cop character was hoping to retire there and I remember wondering whether the Lake Havasu in the film was a bit of sarcastic jibe against the place. Well, now I know, and in this fine article from the BBC, the entire story of how London Bridge ended up in the Arizona desert is told, with Robert Paxton McCulloch emerging as a man with very big ideas that paid off.


    The bridge that crossed an ocean (And the man who moved it)

    No matter how rich or famous one might get, it still takes a determined person to accomplish things in life. As one who lives in the USA, I knew about Lake Havasu, but never connected it with London Bridge, just amazing. Really enjoyed reading the story behind Lake Havasu.

    This article is fascinating, Splinter . As a child, I, also, knew of the big joke about London Bridge in the Arizona desert, but never knew that it was a calculated financial venture that really paid off.


    In more recent years, our company was contacted about providing medical coverage for a hospital there; the BBC article makes me wish we’d been able to schedule that!