The US media were mostly to blame for the story that multi millionaire McCulloch bought the wrong bridge. Journalists and the American public think London Bridge is Tower Bridge so when they saw the bridge they thought he bought the wrong bridge. McCulloch knew exactly what he was buying because he saw it before he bought it, self made millionaires are not that stupid. The money he was going to make from real estate was 5 times he paid for the bridge, I have actually walked across the Bridge in London and in Lake Havasu City... Reply
My wife made me join the Household Cavalry...I had to learn washing, polishing, hoovering and dusting ! Next I am to learn sewing, baking, ironing and shopping.
💥 The MOST interesting Financial Fact about the London Bridge project is that McCulloch and Wood actually made a huge PROFIT on this entire deal!! The bridge that you see in Arizona is only the exterior shell granite of the original bridge from London. You see in this video that when the bridge was rebuilt, they created an interior concrete core and rebuilt the exterior facade granite only. McCulloch then Sold the remainder of the granite stone to cemeterys for grave headstones and also the small granite memorabilia 'Pieces of the London Bridge' to many tourists, thereby making more money in the total bridge project than the total price he paid! You need to consider the Genius involved in the Highest Priced Antique purchase in History and you still make a profit on that Deal! And that is only the money they made on the Bridge, BEFORE the fortune McCulloch made on selling all the Real Estate of his new tourist destination, Lake Havasu City! You are all learning about one of the greatest modern stories of the creation of a new American city! And the Londoners who believed that gossip story about buying the Tower Bridge have No Clue about what a Great success this crazy dream has become!! McCulloch and Wood were brilliant visionaries!! 😂
The US media were mostly to blame for the story McCulloch bought the wrong bridge. Journalists and the American public think London Bridge was Tower Bridge and when they saw the bridge they thought he bought the wrong bridge. McCulloch knew exactly what he was buying and the money he was going to make from it. I have actually walked across the Bridge in London and in Lake Havasu City...
I remember going to Lake Havasu for vacations as a kid and my dad would take us to the London Bridge and I always thought it was so random to have in Arizona. My dad could never answer the question of why they put it in Arizona
It’s because of the coal industry, when work was short in south Wales the miners would walk up to the Black Country for work, Welsh surnames are common here.
The US media were mostly to blame for the story that multi millionaire McCulloch bought the wrong bridge. Journalists and the American public think London Bridge is Tower Bridge so when they saw the bridge they thought he bought the wrong bridge. McCulloch knew exactly what he was buying because he saw it before he bought it, self made millionaires are not that stupid. The money he was going to make from real estate sales around the area was 5 times he paid for the bridge; I have actually walked across the Bridge in London and in Lake Havasu City...
❤❤❤❤❤this! We have the Old Guard and all mounted police units across the country which is great but as far as I know our Calvary was disbanded in 1948. I maybe wrong 😊
We are allways building bridges in Denmark. Though normally we build a bridge where the crossing is at the shortest. But here is a totally other concept. "Where do we find the widest cross over so that this beautifull bridge can fit in?". I LOVE IT!
No no no no no no let me stop you there wench I'm from the backcountry myself and the reason it got the name was... yes because we were all black but not because of the fumes but because of the coal we used to dig, dudley Is built on a tunnel of coal mines please get your facts straight before you decide to make a video
