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Photographed Fort Amherst a National Historic Site located on the southern side of the narrows, the entrance to St.John's Harbour from Signal Hill City of St John's on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador Canada.
Fort Amherst is a neighbourhood in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located on the southern side of the Narrows, the entrance to St. John's harbour. Apart from some family dwellings, Fort Amherst consists of a man-made harbour, a lighthouse and the remains of gun emplacements built during World War II to defend against German U-boats. Two QF 4.7-inch B Mark IV* guns remain in place on their mountings.[
The original fortifications at Fort Amherst, built in the 1770s, are no longer visible. The fortifications were named for William Amherst,[6] who successfully recaptured St. John's from French forces in 1762.[7] The fort operated in conjunction with Fort Waldegrave for much of its history. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1951.
The name is shared with Port La-Joye / Fort Amherst in Prince Edward Island and Fort Amherst in England.
The first lighthouse in Newfoundland was built at Fort Amherst in 1810 The current lighthouse was built in 1951
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In 1771 the King of England ordered a defensive tower to be built at the head of St. John's harbour with the purpose of defending it and the surrounding fishing grounds from French enemy forces. Between 1773 and 1777 a casemated masonry tower with a lead roof and a barbette battery were built here. The battery was armed with four 18 pound cannons and four 24 pound cannons. It was named Fort Amherst after Lieutenant General William Amherst in recognition of his leadership in the recapturing of St. John's from French forces in 1762.
It was named Fort Amherst after Lieutenant General William Amherst in recognition of his leadership in the recapturing of St. John's from French forces in 1762. In the following year, this loss would push the French into signing the Treaty of Paris, causing them to lose all territory in North America except for the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
When British forces left North America they left the battery and tower intact. In 1813 Newfoundland's first lighthouse was built here on top of the original battery. The foundation to the lighthouse can still be seen today underneath the current lighthouse.
In the wake of the first world war, the lighthouse and surrounding area were fortified once again creating a defensive battery for the protection of the harbour. The battery was never put to any practical use during the war.
Source: The Rooms Archives
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Another sunrise shot, the morning after the last. I don't know why I do this to myself, but I always find it pretty rewarding. I've always been a suburban/city kid, so it was interesting to hear that rooster crow at sunrise.
Amherst Island in Lake Ontario is west of Kingston and accessible year round by ferry. This happened while waiting on the ferry.
Built in 1924, this Gothic Revival-style Amherst sandstone church was constructed to house the congregation of the Old Stone United Methodist Church, but now houses the non-denominational congregation of the Old Stone Evangelical Church. The three-story building features a stripped-down form of the Gothic Revival style, with a decorative tower featuring large recessed gothic arched openings with two-over-six windows and decorative metal spandrel panels below louvers, a curved rear facade with stepped buttresses, triple windows, recessed stone spandrels, flanked by external stair towers with chamfered corners at either end, a front facade with three gothic arched stained glass windows, a one-story front wing with a large double front door and arched bays, stone buttresses, a two-story side wing with a front stone staircase, and a rear one-story building added in the mid-20th Century that houses additional space for the church. The church housed a methodist congregation until a few decades ago, when the congregation merged with the nearby Amherst United Methodist Church, with the building now housing the nondenominational Old Stone Evangelical Church.
Ive been working on updating my Railroad Depots in Virginia Flickr album and spent several hours riding around the central part of the state yesterday. My first stop was Amherst, VA, where I found the station restored and in wonderful condition. It was a huge improvement from my last visit over 20 years ago www.flickr.com/photos/26352778@N08/6903176712/in/album-72... . It was used by the Southern Railway from 1913 to 1985, and is currently being used by the local Chamber of Commerce.
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Located in downtown Amherst, Virginia, this attractive structure served as the Amherst County Courthouse beginning in 1872, followed by the construction of a newer building in the 1990s. I took this shot while driving through Amherst several years ago. Information from the town's website and a couple of other courthouse websites.
A re-edit of a photo that I took over 14 years ago with my Canon PowerShot S60 in the first month that I owned it. The S60 launched me on a decade and a half career as a photographer. Revisiting the image, I de-noised it using a Topaz plugin in Photoshop, made adjustments and applied a lookup table in Luminar 4.
Built in 1939, this Colonial Revival-style building was designed by Louis A. Simon to house the post office for the city of Amherst. The building features a rustic sandstone exterior with a five-bay front facade with an arched front entrance bay with doric columns flanking the central doors, one-over-one windows, a hipped metal roof with a colonial cupola atop the center of the roofline, and a cornice with dentils. The building presently houses Main Street Amherst, a local nonprofit with the mission of boosting the local business community.