Tower Bridge with bascules closed and barges passing under at high water, London alms Trinity Hall

Trinity Hall

and the first floor is divided into two rooms crammed with beds

Another woman is seated in between them

Gin inspires violence and careless inebriation

Plan showing the demolitions undertaken for Holborn Viaduct over the Fleet Valley

Tower Bridge with bascules closed and barges passing under at high water, London alms Trinity HallTower Bridge with bascules closed and barges passing under at high water, London, c1905. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894. It was designed so that the central section could be raised to allow the passage of ships to and from the busy wharves of London.