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Big Ben / The Clock Tower / The Elizabeth Tower, Westminster, London, England. Designed by Augustus Pugin, completed in 1859, seen here in 2021 during its restoration.
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www.oldstpatrick.org/ Saint Patrick's Catholic Church built 1875, Kansas City, Missouri (This Church will reopen as a Latin Mass parish) www.oldstpatrick.org/nav_page.html
125 Picturs in 2025 #81 Restoration
The Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi, Texas was severely damaged in 2020 by Hurricane Hanna. It was only back in May 2025 that a plan for rebuilding the new pier was finalized and construction began. This is how it looks today. Hopefully they will finish before the heat death of the universe.
Purchased by Duluth tourist railroad LS&M a few years ago, former Santa Fe RPO 57 was intended to be converted for use as a handicap accessible car. Given the uncertainty of LS&M's future I'm not sure the car will have any work done to it.
This Avro Sheckleton MR3 undergoing a full restoration at the Duxford museum in preparation for its redisplay.
It served with RAF's 201 and 203 Squadron between 1959 and 1972. In 1972 it arrived at Duxford for permanent display.
It's a shame I couldn't restore the loco itself on Photoshop!
D1001 Western Pathfinder with the 1A05 12.00 Paignton to Paddington passing Sprey Point Teignmouth on 2-8-75.
This was a very grotty transparency which I have managed to drag back to life.
Not one of my slides so part of the Tom Derrington Collection with photographer unknown.
A dilapidated old chair for sale at the same shop as the Singing Fish (see photo in first comment below). Both the singing fish & the toolbox appear to have been sold since my last visit HWW!
Taken for 117 Pictures in 2017 #68 A Piece of Furniture
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The Cathedral of Berlin is the largest church in the city, and it serves as a vital center for the Protestant church of Germany. At 114 meters (374ft) long, 73 meters (240ft) wide and 116 meters (381ft) tall, it was much larger than any of the previous buildings. On 27 February, 1905 the present building was inaugurated.
Berlin Cathedral has never been a cathedral in the sense it has never been the seat of a bishop.
In 1940 and 1944, the Cathedral suffered extreme damage from Allied bombing.
In 1980 the baptistery and wedding church was reopened for services. The restoration of the nave was begun in 1984. On 6 June 1993 the nave was reinaugurated in an event attended by Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and televised nationwide in Germany.
Visited the David Dunlop Observatory, in Richmond HIll, just north of Toronto.
The last time I was here, was almost 50 years ago, when I was a first year physics student at UofT. At that time it was still a very active Observatory. I had the privilege of being inside to see the 74-inch telescope. (It was a cloudy night so observations were cancelled.)
It has recently been designated as a National Historic Site by the Gov't of Canada. For a short period of time it was the second largest telescope in the world back in 1935. It still remains as the largest telescope in Canada.
Another DX 12-24 mm lens test.
At Shantytown, New Zealand, railway equipment waiting for restoration,
Taken from my slide collect of the early 1980s.
The paws of the Sphinx are 15 metres (50 feet) long and have been restored many times over the course of the Sphinx's long life.
I posted a couple of photos earlier that were rather cryptic and did not fully explain that work has been underway with restoration of ex Abbotts of Blackpool AEC Reliance / Harrington Grenadier 487 GFR. Perhaps it is time to catch up with what is going on. The coach was restored for preservation in 1989 and last repainted in 1995 when it re-entered commercial service with Prestige Tours' Scottish Heritage operations and then on to MCT Travel in Motherwell, before retiring again in 2000. In short, it has easily had its design life time again and has now become a bit down at heel. I was pursuaded by my two colleagues who were invaluable help in the restoration of Dennis Lancet UF YYB 118 that since mechanically and electrically it was sound (hmmm...) a modest amount of attention could see it back on the road and prevent furthur deterioration. The jury is still out on what constitutes a modest amount of work.
It is suffering at least four of the aliments known to afflict Harrington Cavalier and Grenadiers. The first is that the window rubbers have detriorated and water has leaked into the gap between the inner and outer panel. Fortunately the main structural parts below the window pans are aluminium and largely unaffected, but the support sections for the exterior bright trim were for some reason made of steel. Rust hastened by disimilar metal corrosion has set in. In 1989 some of these metal sections were replaced by wood, but not all. Presumably the remaining ones were in good condition 28 years ago, but not now. There are various reasons why I don't think wood is the best solution so the whole lot are being replaced in aluminium - the material they would have been in older styles of Harrington coachwork. In this photo the wood and steel supports are both visible, plus the polystyrene blocks that prevented the panels from drumming.
I have been waiting for years for the restoration to start on this house in Silver Islet. I am glad it has finally begun.
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Notre Dame and its temporary protective shield; tourists keep their distance, as the repair work goes forward.
HFF.
After three years of restoration that covered the 150-year old dome of the Capitol in scaffolding, the $60 million project was completed this week.
Workers had to repair 1,300 cracks and fix or replace cast-iron ornaments.
One goal of the project was that it be finished in time for the presidential inauguration in January.
Now let's wait for the congress that will fill the exquisite shell - it is up to them to truly justify the expenditure!
Back Shot from April 2017
On a walk around the city April 27, 2017 Christchurch, South Island New Zealand.
History and heritage
Because classroom space was in short supply, a hall was considered a luxury for Canterbury College. The Great Hall opened to both acclaim and controversy on Diploma Day 1882.
In its early years, it housed the College’s small library and was used for public lectures and formal graduation ceremonies. Over time, the University allowed greater use of the hall for events such as music recitals, student dances and society gatherings. Prior to the earthquakes, the great hall held a wide range of events and performances year-round.
The Great Hall provides a strong reflection of local heritage and culture. It makes rich use of native timbers, with kauri and rimu panelling, along with rewarewa, totara and matai lozenges.
It provides space for memorial plaques and icons, the first of which was dedicated to Helen Connon, the first woman to graduate with honours in the British Empire.
In 1938, a large stained glass window was dedicated to the sacrifices of College students in the First World War. This Memorial Window was rededicated in 2016 after its restoration following the Canterbury earthquakes.
With this restoration, the external ring of standing stones has been largely incorporated into a flush dry stone wall. If standing stones had an anthropomorphic interpretation beyond the statue menhirs and menhir steles, then either the allusion was missing for this site, or, the imagery of being sandwiched into anonymity had a public. Alternatively, the tumulus should have finished lower, leaving the standing stones visible, identifiable and proud. A slightly lower outer wall would provide a full range of shadow developments for reading of the sun and sky...