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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to give better access to the East End of London, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales in 1894.
The Balmoral Hotel sits at the intersection of the Princes Street shopping district and the North Bridge in Edinburgh and was opened in 1902 as the North British Railway Hotel, serving Waverly Station right next door. It wasn't privatized until 1983 and it took some refurbishment before it became the 5-Star high-end hotel that we know and see today. Balmoral is Gaelic for majestic dwelling and at twilight, it's especially hard to argue with that moniker~!
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Built by George Fosbery Lyster in 1867 Waterloo Warehouse is a beautiful brick, granite and limestone Grade II listed building located in Liverpool’s North Docks.
6 storeys and 43 x 5 bays. Rusticated ground floor of open stone segmental arches and square piers. Shallow barrel vaults underneath, on 4 rows of piers. 5 loading bays and 2 hoist towers with pedimented gables. Paired round-headed windows have iron frames, louvred with round window above. Bands at sill levels. Parapet and cornice.
San Francisco's Postcard Row. It is probably the most photographed row of Victorian houses in the world.
The row is part of the Alamo Square Historic District. The photo was taken from Alamo Square.
In the distance is the San Francisco skyline.
The Garreg Ddu Dam and Viaduct, and Foel Tower, are part of the early phase of works to secure Birmingham’s water supply in the Elan Valley near Rhayader in Powys, completed between 1893 and 1904 in a building style known as ‘Birmingham Baroque’.
The dam is entirely underwater, the pillars being there entirely to support the roadway crossing the dam. There is a commemorative stone at the south-western end dated 19 June 1900.
The Foel Tower is effectively a complex valve, regulating the outflow from the Garreg Ddu Reservoir and others further up the valley; it houses a system of valves and cylinders which can be raised and lowered hydraulically to draw water off from the reservoir at various depths as required.
21st July 1904 King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra opened the Elan dams and water started flowing along 118 km of pipeline to Birmingham. The whole of the Elan scheme cost £6 million at contemporary prices, equivalent to around three quarters of a billion in 2020 prices, and employed 50,000 men in total.
One of the most beautiful Victorian homes in the historic village of Mendocino, the MacCallum House was built in 1882 as a wedding gift for Daisy Kelley and her husband Alex MacCallum.
TECHIE NOTES:
This is a single exposure, using a tripod, and the following settings: 6/10th of a second @ f/3.5 and 200 ISO.
Getting this shot took some planning. I wanted to show the house all lit up just before nightfall, yet still have some daylight in the sky. I arrived ahead of time to be able to do some test shots and be ready for the moment. Because it was slightly windy, the clouds were moving quite quickly and there was enough movement in the bushes and decorations that they would get motion blur, so I couldn't do a very long exposure. I tried several shots, and eventually settled on f/3.5, at 6/10th of a second, and ISO 200. I guess I could have increased the ISO but my experience with the Canon EOS 20 D, suggested it best to keep the ISO as low as possible to minimize grain in the final shot. This final and most successful of the evening's exposures was taken at 5:48 P.M. in mid December (several years ago).
Northern California's Mendocino Coast was home to many Native American tribes until Spanish conquistadores, and Mexican settlers -- and later Anglo settlers from the East Coast -- arrived and systematically took over tribal lands after, sad to say, decimating the native populations. There is an excellent museum at the Cabrillo Lighthouse just north of Mendocino village which pays tribute to the culture of the first true Americans - the Pomo - to have lived along this coast.
As for more recent history, here is more information about the Kelley family, one of the first Anglo settler families to establish themselves in this area in the mid-1800's, see: www.kelleyhousemuseum.org/
The Grant House in downtown Richmond, VA, was built by William Grant in 1856. It is in the Italianate style.
San Francisco's Postcard Row. It is probably the most photographed row of Victorian houses in the world.
The row is part of the Alamo Square Historic District. The photo was taken from Alamo Square.
In the distance is the San Francisco skyline.
It's almost a requirement that you get your picture taken in front of them. So, here's my picture!
Galveston's East End Historic District has a wonderful collection of Victorian Houses.
George Fox built this house at 1402 Ball Street in 1908.
The photo was taken in July 1980.
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St Leonard's Church in the tiny village of Hardwick, near Wellingborough in Northamptonshire was built around 1200. It is Grade II*-listed. Small and compact with a thirteenth century tower and battlements, a clerestory was added on the south side in the fourteenth century. In 1795 the chancel was shortened by eight feet, the aisle taken down, and a new south wall erected blocking the arcade. This was incorporated within the new wall and a south porch was also erected.
Adjacent to the church is a 19th century former village school with a teacher's residence attached which has been converted into residential accommodation. This dates from 1870 and was erected by the Thornton family, lords of the manor.
During a walkabout in the Irvine Park area, near downtown St. Paul, MN, I found this double house built to look like a single mansion. The give-away are the two front doors.
It's the Armstrong-Quinlan Mansion. It was built in 1886 and later moved to this location.
During my August 2010 visit to San Francisco, I did several walkabouts to enjoy the Victorian houses.
These are two of the beauties I found.
Encountered this beautiful Victorian era mansion in Atchison, KS during a recent photo outing. It is aptly nicknamed the Gorgoyle house for the two statues located on the highest point of the roof (one obscured by the chimney here). The house is reported to be haunted...not sure about that, but it a really cool old home. Photographed with my Anniversary Speed Graphic camera on Foma 100 film. Developed with 510 Pyro at 1:100.
San Francisco's Postcard Row. It is probably the most photographed row of Victorian houses in the world.
The row is part of the Alamo Square Historic District. The photo was taken from Alamo Square.
In the distance is the San Francisco skyline.
The Albert Memorial, directly north of the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, London, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style, it takes the form of an ornate canopy or pavilion 176 feet (54 m) tall, in the style of a Gothic ciborium over the high altar of a church, sheltering a statue of the prince facing south. It took over ten years to complete. For some reason I lost the EXIF when downsizing the photo and don't know how to stop that from happening????
The New West End Synagogue, located in St. Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, London, is one of the oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom still in use. It is one of two synagogues which have been awarded Grade I listed building status by Historic England, which has described it as "the architectural high-water mark of Anglo-Jewish architecture".
The Arcade is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet (91 m), along the four balconies. Erected in 1890, the Arcade is identified as one of the earliest indoor shopping malls in the United States. Designed by John Eisenmann, the Arcade is one of the few remaining arcades of its kind in the United States. Modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II located in Milan, the construction was financed by John D. Rockefeller, Marcus Hanna, Charles F. Brush and several other wealthy Clevelanders of the day. In 2001, the Hyatt corporation redeveloped the Arcade into Cleveland's first Hyatt Regency hotel. The Hyatt Regency occupies the two towers and the top three floors of the atrium area. The two lower floors of the atrium area remain open to the public with retail merchants and a food court.
Located at 40-44 Mosley Street in Newcstle upon Tyne, just adjacent to St Nicholas' Cathedral, part of which can be seen right of shot, is the former head office of the Newcastle And Gateshead Building Society.
It was built around 1845 by Benjamin Green for Newcastle Joint Stock Bank. Like so much of Newcastle city centre, it is in sandstone ashlar.
During one of my walkabouts in Manhattan, I noticed this Victorian building being renovated.
I was surprised how narrow the building was.
I saw this attractive Victorian double shotgun house during a walkabout in New Orleans.
The house was located on the 1200 block of Gov. Nicholls Street.
Built in the Nineteenth Century, "Lidston House" is a rambling weatherboard villa in the small alpine town of Wandiligong.
Built on the high side of the hill with commanding views of the hills that surround Wandiligong, "Lidston House" obviously belonged to someone of means. It features several substantial red brick chimneys and an elegant shady verandah that runs around the perimeter of the house. Built on a steep incline, the house has a beautiful terraced garden full of mature deciduous trees and clipped hedges.
It still has several corrugated iron outbuildings.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
San Francisco's Postcard Row. It is probably the most photographed row of Victorian houses in the world.
The row is part of the Alamo Square Historic District. The photo was taken from Alamo Square.
In the distance is the San Francisco skyline.
It's almost a requirement that you get your picture taken in front of them. So, here's my picture!
At Morwellham Quay open-air museum on the Devon side of the River Tamar the small village has been restored and includes among other exhibits shops, cottages, a pub, workshops and this small village school where children of different ages all sat on benches in this classroom. A blackboard is out of shot to the left.
Morwellham Quay was founded by the Benedictine monks of Tavistock Abbey to carry goods to and from Plymouth on the River Tamar, By the 12th century, tin ore was being transported through the quay, followed by lead and silver ores. Later, copper deposits were discovered at the Quay itself and the George and Charlotte Mine opened in the 18th century. The restored village dates mainly from the early-mid 1800s.
For further details please see www.morwellham-quay.co.uk/.
I saw this attractive, but oh so tiny Victorian shotgun house during a walkabout in New Orleans.
The house was located on the 700 block of Gov. Nicholls Street.
An attractive row of Italianate or stick-style San Francisco Victorian houses.
The photo was taken in July 1981.
As seen through the Domed Glassed Roof of The Hepworth Arcade in Hull ..This Victorian Shopping Mall is a Grade ll Listed Building and was Built in 1894 ...
During my walkabout in downtown Frederiksted, on St. Croix of the US Virgin Islands, I noticed this attractive building with its arched colonnade and Victorian trim.
If you look closely, you'll see that the upper colonnade was decorated for Christmas.
The town was destroyed by fire in 1878 during a labor revolt. Many of the 1700's buildings were destroyed. The town was rebuilt during the Victorian era, resulting in buildings with "gingerbread" trim.
Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge spanning the Avon gorge and river Avon in Bristol. Being more than 150 years old, it still has that WOW factor and people from everywhere come to see this marvel of Victorian engineering.
The corner of this building has an elaborate cornice and architectural detailing.
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he Wyandotte Building is an historic building in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
Built in 1898, it was the city's first skyscraper. The building was designed by Daniel Burnham's Chicago architectural firm.
During my walkabout in St. George's, the capital of the Caribbean island of Grenada, I notice this attractive Victorian house.
Built in the Nineteenth Century, this little weatherboard cottage may be found in the small alpine town of Wandiligong.
Proudly it sits behind its wire fence and well established garden. It features a corrugated iron roof and a verandah to help keep the cottage cool and shady during the warmer summer months. You might notice that it has two gables, and this is because the original cottage would only have been a couple of rooms making up the front building. However, in ensuing years the owners of the cottage became more prosperous, and were thus able to extend the cottage twice its original size. It is not unusual to see little miner's cottages with two or three extensions added onto the back of the original cottage. This once would have been the cottage home of one of the many miners that panned for gold during the Victorian Gold Rush.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.
A Victorian Church with a 208 ft steeple. The church, in Early English style throughout, was begun in 1858 to replace an old medieval church located nearby.
The church was designated a Grade I listed building in 1968 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.
During my walkabout in downtown Frederiksted, on St. Croix of the US Virgin Islands, I noticed this building with its first floor colonnade.
On the second story, you can see a Victorian trim.
The town was destroyed by fire in 1878 during a labor revolt. Many of the 1700's buildings were destroyed. The town was rebuilt during the Victorian era, resulting in buildings with "gingerbread" trim.
Built in 1842 over Harrogate’s strongest sulphur well, the Royal Pump Room was the centrepiece of the town’s fame as a fashionable spa resort. Designed by Isaac Shutt, it served as a grand shelter for those ‘taking the waters’ — Victorian health-seekers who believed in the curative powers of sulphur-rich spring water (despite the notorious stench). At its peak, the Pump Room drew 15,000 visitors each summer, including royalty, aristocrats, and the merely curious.
Now a museum, the building explores Harrogate’s spa heritage with original fittings, period costumes, and sometimes even the chance to smell the sulphur for yourself — if you dare.
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Construit en 1842 au-dessus de la source sulfureuse la plus forte de Harrogate, le Royal Pump Room était le cœur de la renommée thermale de la ville. Conçu par Isaac Shutt, le bâtiment offrait un abri élégant aux visiteurs venus « prendre les eaux » — convaincus des vertus curatives de cette eau pourtant malodorante. À son apogée, le lieu attirait jusqu’à 15 000 visiteurs chaque été, y compris la royauté, l’aristocratie, et les curieux.
Aujourd’hui devenu musée, le bâtiment raconte l’histoire thermale de Harrogate avec décors d’époque, costumes et, parfois, une bouffée d’authentique soufre — à vos risques et périls.
Built in the Nineteenth Century, this little red brick and weatherboard cottage may be found in the small alpine town of Wandiligong.
Proudly it sits behind its white picket fence with wooden posts, simple and elegant. It features a corrugated iron roof and a verandah to help keep the cottage cool and shady during the warmer summer months. It also has two rather sturdy red brick chimneys with elegant capping. It once would have been the cottage home of one of the many miners that panned for gold during the Victorian Gold Rush.
Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria in the alpine region around 330 kilometres from Melbourne. Established in the 1850s as part of the Victorian Gold Rush, Wandiligong became a hub for many gold miners, including a large Chinese community. At its peak, the town was home to over two thousand inhabitants and boasted shops, churches, a public library, halls and even an hotel. Much has changed since those heady days of the gold rush, and the picturesque town nestled in a valley and built around the Morses Creek, is now a sleepy little town full of picturesque houses which are often let to visitors to the area. The whole town is registered with the National Trust of Australia for its historic landscape and buildings of historic value.