London Eye- a magnificent modern symbol of London
The Double- Decker Bus.
The first double- decker buses appeared in London in 1851. They were invented to help carry thousands of people who visited the Great Exhibition that was held that year.
The first double-deckers were rather different from those we see today. They were pulled by horses, and they didn’t have a roof. It wasn’t until 1925 that the first fully-covered bus appeared.
Today there are three and a half thousand double-deckers in London alone. There are seven different types, and they carry as many as eighty-nine passengers. Most large cities and towns in Britain have double-decker buses. They are also used in South Africa, Australia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Hong Kong and Berlin.
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