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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. HAVASU_220716_020.JPG: The boundary of the city of London, England, established in Roman times, is marked by a heraldic dragon at each entry by freeway. This dragon marks the boundary of the city of Long Land in Lake Havasu City.
2. HAVASU_220716_030.JPG: Medieval London Bridge 1209-1831
3. HAVASU_220716_049.JPG: Haytor Querry
4. HAVASU_220716_050.JPG: Opening of London Bridge by William IV, 1831
5. HAVASU_220716_080.JPG: The City of London Arms Built by the city of London on this acre of land generously presented by McCullough Properties, Inc. Opened by The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of London Alderman Sir Peter Studd GBEMAD Sc. 9th October 1971
6. HAVASU_220716_090.JPG: You can see the temperature indicator -- 113 degrees
7. HAVASU_220716_097.JPG: Dedicated by ... On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the London Bridge October 25, 1996
8. HAVASU_220716_098.JPG: The parish boundary mark of the church of St. Magnus the Martyr was restored to this bridge and presented to the citizens of Lake Havasu City, Arizona ... 10th October 1976
9. HAVASU_220716_104.JPG: The Freedom Bridge Foundation with special thanks to the Department of History at Arizona State University, presents... 76 Moments of Freedom ...
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11. HAVASU_220716_113.JPG: Mayflower Compact -- 1620
12. HAVASU_220716_121.JPG: Zenger Trial 1735
13. HAVASU_220716_125.JPG: Boston Massacre March 5, 1770
14. HAVASU_220716_127.JPG: Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773
15. HAVASU_220716_131.JPG: Dine Bizzad Yee Atah Naayee Yik'eh Deesdljj [ Navajo Code Talkers ]
16. HAVASU_220716_133.JPG: WWII Navajo Code Talkers
17. HAVASU_220716_136.JPG: First Continental Congress September 5, 1774 - October 26, 1774
18. HAVASU_220716_138.JPG: "Honoring First Responders"
19. HAVASU_220716_141.JPG: The Original Hasasu Pioneer Club
20. HAVASU_220716_143.JPG: The American Revolution 1775 - 1783
21. HAVASU_220716_147.JPG: The Battles of Lexington and Concord April 19th, 1775
22. HAVASU_220716_153.JPG: The Second Continental Congress May 10, 1775 - March 1, 1781
23. HAVASU_220716_157.JPG: In honor of "The Thirteen" at Kabul August 26, 2021
24. HAVASU_220716_159.JPG: Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
25. HAVASU_220716_243.JPG: The McCullough Family
Wikipedia Description: Lake Havasu City, Arizona
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lake Havasu City is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57,144, up from 52,527 in 2010. It is served by Lake Havasu City Airport.

History

The community first started as an Army Air Corps rest camp, called "Site Six" during World War II, on the shores of Lake Havasu. In 1958, American businessman Robert P. McCulloch purchased 3,353 acres (13.57 km2) of property on the east side of the lake along Pittsburgh Point, the peninsula that eventually would be transformed into "the Island".

After four years of planning, McCulloch Properties acquired another 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) of federal land in the surrounding area. Lake Havasu City was established on September 30, 1963, by a resolution of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors, as the Lake Havasu Irrigation and Drainage District, making it a legal entity (the act is referenced in resolution #63-12-1). The city was incorporated in 1978.

London Bridge

London Bridge crosses a narrow channel that leads from Lake Havasu (a segment of the Colorado River) to Thompson Bay (also on the river). Hoping to attract tourists and prospective buyers of residential lots, McCulloch bought it for US$2.5 million from the City of London when the bridge was replaced in 1968. The bridge was disassembled on contract with Sundt Construction of Tucson, and the marked stones were shipped to Lake Havasu City and reassembled by Sundt for another US$7 million. The construction took three years to complete.

McCulloch gave an acre of land in Lake Havasu City to London. When Lake Havasu City wanted to use this land for a visitors' center, London leased it back for a quit rent of a Hopi Kachina figure.

Since its inauguration on October 5, 1971, London Bridge has become the second-largest tourist attraction in Arizona, after the Grand Canyon. In 2017, a panel of experts partnering with USA Today's 10Best.com chose London Bridge as one of 20 initial nominees for Best Arizona Attraction. 10Best.com readers voted London Bridge as a top 5 favorite.
Atlas Obscura Description: Lake Havasu's London Bridge
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The classic children’s rhyme, “London Bridge is Falling Down,” was once all too true. After standing for over a century over the river Thames, the London Bridge that now stands in Lake Havasu, Arizona had begun to sink into the water before it was purchased by the American city.

By 1967, the old London Bridge, constructed out of reinforced stone masonry, had begun to deteriorate under the stresses of heavy modern traffic. Rather than just demolish the 1830s relic, the city of London decided that they would sell the span to the highest bidder.

The founder of Lake Havasu City, Robert P. McCullough, caught wind of the sale and saw a great opportunity to put his new community on the map. After bidding over two million dollars for the century-old bridge, it was his. Now he just had to move the whole thing across the globe.

The old London Bridge was carefully dismantled, and each of the stones was numbered. Once it was broken down to its pieces, they were shipped to California through the Panama Canal, and then driven down to Arizona. The bridge was then just as carefully put back together again, and Arizona’s own London Bridge was opened in 1971.

Today the immigrant bridge has settled in as part of the Arizona landscape, but it still bears some of the scars of its previous life, such as strafing marks left during World War II.

The above was from https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-havasu-s-london-bridge
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