The cogs of Tower Bridge

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Get your mental gears grinding with our fun worksheet which explores the vital role cogs play in raising Tower Bridge.

Can you work out which way the cogs need to turn to raise the Bridge?

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Encourage your pupils to develop their literacy and art skills with our drawing from descriptions activity.

Create your own comic strip by making up a story or using some amazing tales of Tower Bridge.

Download our collection of pen portraits and information of historical Tower Bridge staff as a starting point for a piece of descriptive writing.

Learn about the cargo that filled the ships and wharves of Victorian London, discover where it came from, and plot its route to the Thames.

Put your architecture and engineering skills to the test and design a new bridge for your local area.