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The Sale of London Bridge

In July of 1967 London Bridge was put up for sale. It was eventually sold to an American who had it dismantled and transported to the USA, where it was rebuilt in Arizona.

In July of 1967 London Bridge was put up for sale. It was sold to an American millionaire who had it dismantled and transported to the USA where it was rebuilt, stone by stone, in Arizona.

(Photo: American entrepreneur Robert P McCulloch, standing in front of London Bridge as it is dismantled, ready for transportation back to America, 1968. Credit: Jim Gray/Keystone/Getty Images)

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