Tag: Architecture
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Drakelow Tunnels
An organised trip for members of FoWT, to the historic Drakelow Tunnels, the former Top Secret subterranean complex near Kidderminster. The Drakelow complex was built in 1941/1942 as a Shadow Factory for the Rover car Company. Rover manufactured engines and…
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Porth Wen Brickworks, Anglesey
Whilst on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales, I came across this fascinating disused Victorian Brickworks. Located on the coast in the spectacular scenery of Porth Wen (White Bay) near Cemaes Bay. Geologists discovered that the North Anglesey coastline had…
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British Institute of Professional Photography, ‘First Merit’ award winning image from 1985
Whilst studying photography, I was given an assignment to photograph the interior of a chapel within a convent in Mossley Hill, Liverpool. For this shoot, I used a 5×4 inch monorail camera, which was simply wonderful to use given that…
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Aerial view of the Pillar of Hercules and the Wapping Cutting
A short video, shot with the kind permission of St Anne’s school, Edge Hill, for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust. The aim of which was to record and document the remains of the original ‘Pillar of Hercules’, a remnant…
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Wapping Tunnel Vent, from above
Aerial view of the Wapping Tunnel vent, in Crown Street park, where the original Crown Street Station was located. This is the first of a series of ventilation shafts, built throughout the length of the tunnel. The grass bank in…
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Standedge Canal Tunnel
The Standedge Tunnel is the longest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain, at 5,189m long, 194m below ground at its deepest point and 196m above sea level. The canal Tunnel took 17 years to construct, before finally opening in 1811.…
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360° Virtual Reality Equirectangular Panoramas – Williamson’s Tunnels – Part 2
Gallery No.2 Return to 360° Williamson’s Tunnels, Gallery No.1 Joseph Williamson’s house site, Mason Street continued New Chamber, along side the Banqueting Hall This view is taken from the bottom of the trench, and within the small Rock Cut Tunnel…
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360° Virtual Reality Equirectangular Panoramas – Williamson’s Tunnels
Gallery No.1 Continue to 360° Williamson’s Tunnels, Gallery No.2 I become fascinated with 360°, Virtual Reality Equirectangular Images. So started to dabble with the process of creating 360° VR Panoramas myself. 360° images are created using multiple Hi-Res images from…
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Littlewoods, Edge Lane, Air Raid Shelter
Along side the famous Littlewoods building on Edge Lane, Liverpool, hidden beneath Wavertree Botanic Park, is a secret, long lost WWII Air Raid Shelter… During WWII, Liverpool suffered greatly from bombing raids, with Liverpool being one of the most heavily…
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Waterloo & Victoria Tunnels
Victoria Tunnel | Byrum Street Cutting | Waterloo Tunnel | Riverside Station | Maps The Waterloo Branch line began its descent from alongside Edge Hill, through the “Victoria Tunnel“, with its Grade II listed portal (1mile 947yd), before emerging into…
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