Competition success magazine use full for civil services students published this article page no 13 it simply could no longer handle the ever increasing traffic flow across the river. well it was actually sinking in the thames river. nevertheless an american entrepreneur named robert p. mcculloch recognized a wonderful opportunity when the british government put it up for sale. he made a bid for ownership of the bridge and on april 18 1968 won the auction for a sum of $2460000. mr. mcculloch who was the founder of lake havasu city and also chairman of mcculloch oil corporation then had london bridge taken apart. with each stone being carefully marked it was sent off on a barge to make its journey from europe to the united states competition success review.
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