When London Bridge was rebuilt in Arizona, workers numbered its individual granite stones before dismantling it; decades later, visitors can still spot some of those markings on the historic structure

• London’s famous bridge across the Thames river has suffered many travesties: it has fallen down time and time again, but still stood strong throughout.
• The bridge that kept falling downCirca AD 50-1176, several wooden iterations of the London Bridge were built again and again, only to fall due to storm, fire or ice damage.
• Then came the Old London Bridge, built in 1209 under the direction of Peter de Colechurch.