This morning we awakened in Lake Havasu City, AZ, home to the reconstructed London Bridge. Robert McCulloch, of McCulloch Motors, Inc., imported the famous bridge and reconstructed it, block by block, to render the bridge as it is seen today. The bridge spans a canal cut between two inlets on Lake Havasu, created by the construction of Parker Dam, located 30 miles downstream.
As usual, you can click on the picture for the full sizification.
I have always thought it belonged in London.
Robert McCulloch, the guy that imported the bridge and had it re-assembled, block by block, was an interesting guy. He believed that the bridge would put Lake Havasu on he map and promote his aviation enterprise, the McCulloch Gyroplane. It put Havasu on the map but the Gyroplane business faltered when McCullock Motors couldn’t provide enough power for the weird little machine. The Lycoming engines were so expensive that the aviation enterprise eventually went out of business.