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Bridge tower
A
bridge tower
was a type of
fortified tower
built on a
bridge
. They were typically built in the period up to
early modern times
as part of a
city or town wall
or
castle
. There is usually a tower and both ends of the bridge.
Tower Bridge
in
London
is perhaps the best known example but there are many in Europe.
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