American gentleman representing McCulloch Properties, put in a bid of £1,025,000, and purchased it to take back to the USA. The bridge was divided into sections and marked out by numbers, like a puzzle. The sections were then dismantled and shipped of across the Atlantic. It arrived in California on July 5th 1968. After a 240 mile journey to its final destination, the first stone was laid by the then Lord Mayor of London, , Sir Gilbert Inglefield on September 23rd 1968.
It can still be seen there today in a place called Lake Hatsu City, halfway between Phoenix and Las Vegas. It was rumoured that the Americans thought they had bought Tower Bridge and it still holds its glory with it..
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