Leonard Bentley
Lambeth Bridge
This is a W.H. Smith real photographic postcard published under the "Bridge House" name in about 1935 showing the then new Lambeth Bridge (1932) taken from the north bank looking towards the southbank although it is actually looking east if you see what I mean. It looks like the photographer's vantage point was on an upper floor of Thames House, now the headquarters of MI5. The new Lambeth Bridge replaced the suspension bridge built in 1862. There were problems with the bridge almost from the start and in 1910 it was restricted to pedestrian traffic only, a new vehicular bridge was needed to alleviate the traffic on Westminster Bridge. The architects of the new bridge were Sir Reginald Blomfield, the designer of the Royal Air Force Memorial on Victoria Embankment, and G. Topham Forrest, the architect who designed Chelsea Bridge.
Lambeth Bridge
This is a W.H. Smith real photographic postcard published under the "Bridge House" name in about 1935 showing the then new Lambeth Bridge (1932) taken from the north bank looking towards the southbank although it is actually looking east if you see what I mean. It looks like the photographer's vantage point was on an upper floor of Thames House, now the headquarters of MI5. The new Lambeth Bridge replaced the suspension bridge built in 1862. There were problems with the bridge almost from the start and in 1910 it was restricted to pedestrian traffic only, a new vehicular bridge was needed to alleviate the traffic on Westminster Bridge. The architects of the new bridge were Sir Reginald Blomfield, the designer of the Royal Air Force Memorial on Victoria Embankment, and G. Topham Forrest, the architect who designed Chelsea Bridge.