01/09/2014

Londoner #29 | Glen Ellis, the Londoner who opens and closes Tower Bridge

Glen is a mechanical engineer by training, and now works in the control cabin at one of London’s most iconic Landmarks, Tower Bridge.  It is Glen’s job to raise and lower the bridge several times a day to allow shipping to pass underneath. A self-pronounced problem-solver, Glen is inspired by his unique workplace and his central role in one of London’s most photographed daily rituals.

This is film is the first in the Londoners of the Thames – 1000 Londoners Totally Thames 2014 series.

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