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Sunset at Glastonbury Tor, SomersetAn atmospheric sunset at Glastonbury Tor, Somerset. Date: 20th century
Krak des Chevaliers, famous Crusader Castle near Homs, Syria - View from the South West
Ely Cathedral in the snow by Ernest UdenEly Cathedral pictured in the snow
Leaning Tower BolognaLeaning towers of Bologna, Italy - La Garidenda and Torre degli Asinelli
Lincoln Cathedral 1924Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire
The Pierre in New York City, USAView on The Pierre, a luxury hotel located at 2 East 61st Street at the intersection of Fifth Avenue in New York City from the nearby Central Park with swans swimming on a stream, USA
Durham, County Durham, viewed from Wharton Park - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Imperial Institute, LondonThe Imperial Institute, London
The Bohemians of Chelsea, scene from Tantivy TowersA scene from the British light opera, Tantivy Towers, written by A. P. Herbert
Fresh Air from the Potteries" Fresh Air from the Potteries" A sarcastic caption accompanying a fine photograph of the skyline of dark satanic mills which characterised the Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent)
Soho, London - St Annes Church, Wardour Street W1Soho, London - St Annes Church tower, Wardour Street W1. The church dates back to 1686. 1973
Malcesine, Lake Garda, ItalyOn a little headland of the Veronese side of Lake Garda, Italy, on the slopes of Mount Baldo, Malcesine was built around a fortress which belonged to the Veronese Della Scalas. Date: circa 1910s
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaJones & Laughlin Steel Works, Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - founded in 1851 by Bernard Lauth and B. F. Jones. Date: circa 1903
Scene on Conwy Harbour, North WalesA wonderful, atmospheric view of Conwy Harbour, North Wales, with the silhouette of the Castle in the background. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1960
Wembley Stadium / 1950SAn atmospheric view of Wembley Stadium, setting for the 1948 Olympic Games
Italy / San Gimignano 1910San Gimignano: distant view, showing the many towers
Conwy Castle Wales - from the landing place Date: circa 1880
Drogheda from the West - a view over the rooftops of the town with two predominant church towers. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Louth: Drogheda). Date: circa early 1900s
Statue of Liberty and Lower MannhattanThe Statue of Liberty, Hudson River and lower Mannhattan in 1995 Date: 1995
England / Alton TowersAlton Towers, Staffordshire, seat of the earl of Shrewsbury - begun 1814, much added to, greatly admired for its magnificence indoors and out Date: circa 1840
Natural History Museum, LondonThe impressive front of the Natural History Museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse - built and opened in 1888 - the Central Towers and Main Entrance
Durham Cathedral 1924Durham Cathedral, viewed from the river
Burma / Pagan / Marco PoloThe City of Mien, with the Gold and Silver Towers, visited by Marco Polo in 1282, now known as Pagan or Bagan, in Myanmar, Burma
York Minster, York. circa 1900
Durham Cathedral from the River WearThe classic view looking up toward the majestic Norman Cathedral at Durham from the Western bank of the River Wear. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
St. Machars Cathedral. Old Aberdeen, Scotland. These, the two Western towers, were completed by Bishop Henry de Lichtoun between 1423 and 1440. Date: 14th - 16th century
Chicago World Fair - Sky RideChicago World Fair - The Sky Ride Date: 1933
Calder Hall Power StnCalder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumbria, England, Britains first, it opened in 1956. The first in the world to produce electricity on a commercial scale. Closed 2003
Leith Hill Tower, Surrey, the highest point in the county, built in 1766 by Richard Hull, as a viewpoint. Legend has it that his last request was to be buried upside down in it
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriessshire, Scotland, a fine example of early 15th century military architecture, triangular in shape, with a double moat, drum towers, etc
York Minster 1924York Minster, Yorkshire
Margram Abbey ChurchMargram Abbey church, near Port Talbot, Wales, a Cistercian monastery, founded by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, dedicated to St. Mary. The two towers were added later. Date: founded 1147
The Imperial Institute, London
Petergate, YorkA view of Petergate, York, during festival time, with the towers of the Minster in the background
The Two Towers, Bologna, Italy. These medieval towers, both of them leaning, are the landmark of the city. The taller one is the Asinelli Tower, the shorter one the Garisenda Tower
The Croydon Hotel in New York City, USAThe Croydon Hotel at 86th Street in New York City just off Central Park and Museum Mile, USA. The hotel was built in 1932 and conversed to an apartment building in 1976. Date: 1930s
Bactrian Camel. UkraineBactrian Camel (Camelus Bactrianus) at the Genoese Fortress. Sudak. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine
Paris, France - La Sainte Chapelle. Date: 19th century
The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, GermanyThe Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, a city on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in southern Germany, known for its importance in aviation history
British Empire Exhibition - Wembley - Aerial View Date: 1924
Palace of Wonders, Stone Town, Zanzibar, TanzaniaPalace of Wonders (or House of Wonders, Beit-al-Ajaib), Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). It was built in 1883 for the second sultan. Date: late 1920s
Bristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon GorgeBristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel) over the River Avon Gorge - a paddlesteamer passes beneath. Date: 1936
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Aerial View of Downtown Cleveland showing the Lakefront in the background. Date: circa 1934
Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, dating back to the 11th century. 1809
OLD WEMBLEY STADIUMThe famous twin towers of Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England. Originally built for the British Empire Exhibition (1924), they were sadly demolished in 2002. Date: completed 1924
Glasgow Cross with Tolbooth Steeple and Mercat CrossGlasgow Cross with Tolbooth Steeple and new Mercat Cross. 1930
Croatia - Pula - The Roman Amphitheatre. The Arena is the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers and with all three Roman architectural orders entirely preserved. Date: circa 1910s
Fraternity Clubs Building in New York City, USAThe Fraternity Clubs Building (nowadays Jolly Madison Towers Hotel), Madison Avenue at 38th Street, New York City, USA
Funeral of Vietnamese Emperor Khai Dinh - processionFuneral procession (including the carrying of large decorated towers made of paper) following the death of Vietnameser Emperor Khai Dinh (1885-1925)
Oberhofen Castle, SwitzerlandOberhofen Castle on Lake Thun, Switzerland Date: circa 1905
Osborne House, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
Rue Vital-Carles, Bordeaux, France with a view toward the imposing North Transcept of the 11th century Catholic Cathedrale Saint-Andre de Bordeaux. circa 1900
Kamerlengo Castle / Fortress at Trogir, CroatiaView of Kamerlengo Castle/Fortress at Trogir, Croatia. Built by the Republic of Venice Date: circa 1907
Taxco, Mexico - Aerial view of Church of Santa Prisca Date: circa 1930s
Mexico - Mexico City - The Metropolitan CathedralThe Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary of Mexico City
Lisbon, Portugal - Entrance to the Zoological Gardens Date: circa 1910s
Martello Tower, Corsica Date: 1809
Bara Bazaar and Charminar - Hyderabad, IndiaHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Bara Bazaar and (back centre) the Charminar or Mosque of the Four Minarets and Four Towers
The Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London Date: circa 1900
Torre dos Clerigos - Porto, Portugal. The belltower of the Baroque Clerigos Church. Date: 1909
Dower House TowerThe Tower of the old Dower House, a ruined lodge in Fawsley Park, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 17th century
Paris / Seine 1912The river seen looking eastwards from the towers of Notre-Dame, with the Ile Saint-Louis to the left, a swimming pool moored just before the second bridge
Glasgow Exhibition 1888View of the Exhibition buildings and Kelvin Grove of the Glasgow International Exhibition, opened by the Prince of Wales on 8 May 1888
St Albans Abbey - Lantern Slide - West FrontSt Albans Abbey - the west front of the abbey showing the lost Wheathampstead window
Renovated church at Suzdal, RussiaView of the old belfry and towers of a small renovated church in Suzdal, Russia
Thames Gold Fields, Grahamstown, New ZealandEngraving of small town with wooden framed houses, towers and industrial chimneys. Scene of the New Zealand gold rush
Roman remains found in the City, LondonDiscoveries form 19th century excavations at Camomile Street and Bishopsgate. The remains were unearthed after the removal of a number of old buildings
Alfred Hugh Fisher, Vignettes of Empire XIV. Delhi, the new-old capital of India - Landmarks in the new capital of India: some Delhi Towers. Date: 1913
St Josaphat Basilica and School, viewed from Kosciusko Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Date: circa 1940
Collins Avenue hotels, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941
Russian Hill Skyline, with Mount Tamalpais in background, San Francisco, California, USA Date: 1936
Cleaning the blanks in boiling acid, this occured after they passed the annealing furnace, which gave them the appearance of dirty discs of iron. Date: 1904
The plain blanks were feed into a machine and emerged bright and looking like a shilling or sovereigns ready for circulation. Date: 1904
The Royal Mint - Guaging the Silver Strips 1904The bars had been previously rolled through a series of presses to the thickness of the coin into which they were converted. Date: 1904
The Royal Mint - Punching out Blanks 1902Young lad on a machine that made the coin shape, the edging would have been milled in a later process. Date: 1902
Moulders pouring hot liquid silver into long bars twenty inches long. Date: 1904
After the silver ingots had been weighed, they were marked and portioned out to the amount of alloy necessary to ensure that the result of the coins would be of the legal standard weight. Date: 1904
The Royal Mint - Ready for Moulding Machine 1902Removing crucibles of molten silver liquid from the furnace. A pile of other crucibles stands to the right of the view. Date: 1902
Before the furnace in the melting room, reducing the silver ingots into a molten state crucible of plumbago were used, each capable of holding 5, 500 ounces of the metal. Date: 1904
The Royal Mint - Metal Weighing Room 1902Photograph showing the silver ingots being weighed on the scales, before going to the melting pot. Date: 1902
The Royal Mint, London 1902Delivery of silver ingots on a trolley load represented a values of £8, 000. Date: 1902
Rumeli Hisari - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1910s