: McCulloch wanted a unique centerpiece for his newly planned community, Lake Havasu City, Arizona . His associate, C.V. Wood—who helped design Disneyland—convinced him that a piece of British history would attract tourists and prospective home buyers to the remote desert location. The Myth of the "Mistaken Identity"
The story of "America buying Tower Bridge" is one of history's most persistent urban legends. While an American did famously purchase a bridge from London in 1968, he bought , not the more ornate, iconic Tower Bridge . The Real Transaction america buying tower bridge
In 1968, American entrepreneur and chainsaw mogul purchased the 1831 "New" London Bridge for $2,460,000 . : McCulloch wanted a unique centerpiece for his