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The Duke Chapel is located on the west campus of Duke University. The tower is 210 feet high. The chapel (and all the buildings on the west campus) are neo-Gothic architecture in the English style.
The stone is known as Hillsborough Bluestone. A local quarry in Hillsborough, North Carolina was purchased by the University in the 1920's for the construction of west campus.
The English novelist Aldous Huxley, captured the spirit of the new campus. Writing in 1937 he described traveling through "a pleasant but unexciting land" when "all of a sudden, astonishingly, a whole city of grey Gothic stone emerged from the warm pine forest." He was thrilled by the "leaping tower" of the huge cathedral and the "spreading succession of quadrangles." He called the campus "genuinely beautiful, the most successful essay in neo-Gothic that I know."
Thanks Mr. Huxley...I could not have described it better! :)
This is Duke's Mound in Brighton, around a mile east of Brighton Pier, which, as the Geograph website explains, "was originally the exit for Madeira Drive until it was extended to Black Rock." Behind it is the huge mass of the sea wall that was the first line of defense against the sea, enabling Marine Drive and the grand houses above to be built. Madeira Drive was the next step, preventing erosion of the base of the sea wall. As Geograph also explained, "The building on the right houses the electrical equipment used to power the Volks Railway [the 19th century electric railway that runs along the seafront for over a mile] whilst that on the left is used for seafront services by the council." Photo taken on the morning of January 30, 2013.
See: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2708474
For the history of Madeira Drive, see: www.brightonrun.co.uk/index.php?view=article&catid=51...
For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
a portrait of standard pacific 71000 duke of gloucester on a light engine movement in a part of crewe station that has not really changed much since electrification in the '60s
note the the fireman's traditional knotted handkerchief headwear
Good Morning!
Found this little guy yesterday while wandering around Duke Gardens in Durham, NC. He was nice enough to strike a pose for me, thanks squirrel!
Cheers,
Wade
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Duke Genoa
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19453
Call Number: LC-B2- 3538-10
Duke was a family member of mine from 2007 to 2020. He was always an elegant gentleman who trusted everyone he met.
I will miss him forever.
Recently I found this amazing wool felt artist who takes commissions. I sent her over 30+ photos of Duke, and she didn't let me down. She successfully reproduced a miniature version of him.
Now he came back to me with his iconic smile. My Jerryberry would make company with him. None of us would feel lonely ever again.
Florida State Rep. Dwight Dudley, D-St. Petersburg,talks to Duke Energy ratepayers during a rally to demand clean, safe and renewable energy outside the Duke Energy Florida headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Photo by Steve Nesius/Greenpeace