Amelia's photos

SC121 - Post 10 November - Red

The aqueduct was designed by civil engineer Thomas Telford for the Ellesmere Canal. The resident engineer was M. Davidson who also acted as resident engineer on a number of Telford's other works. The foundation stone was laid on 17 June 1796 and it was completed in 1801. This is an amazingly short time. It has taken our local town council 2 years already to 'improve' the roads around the local station. The viaduct was designed by Henry Robertson, chief engineer of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, to carry the railway line across the meadows of the Vale of Ceiriog between Chirk and Chirk Bank partly in both Wales and England. The England–Wales border bisects the structure at an approximately 45° angle from south-west to north-east. It was built between 1846 and 1848, by Thomas Brassey, with it also undergoing a partial rebuilding in 1858–1859. Courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirk_Aqueduct

The aqueduct was designed by civil engineer Thomas Telford for the Ellesmere Canal. The resident engineer was M. Davidson who also acted as resident engineer on a number of Telford's other works. The foundation stone was laid on 17 June 1796 and it was completed in 1801. This is an amazingly short time. It has taken our local town council 2 years already to 'improve' the roads around the local station. The viaduct was designed by Henry Robertson, chief engineer of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, to carry the railway line across the meadows of the Vale of Ceiriog between Chirk and Chirk Bank partly in both Wales and England. The England–Wales border bisects the structure at an approximately 45° angle from south-west to north-east. It was built between 1846 and 1848, by Thomas Brassey, with it also undergoing a partial rebuilding in 1858–1859. Courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirk_Aqueduct

SC120 – Post 3 November - Numerals Ruyton XI Towns. (Ruyton of the Eleven Towns) The eleven are Ruyton, Coton, Shotatton, Shelvock, Eardiston and Wykey, which remain in the parish; and Felton, Haughton, Rednal, Sutton and Tedsmore, ). The only place in the UK with a Roman Numeral, XI, in its name.

SC119 - Post 27 October - Your specialty Shrewsbury is blessed with an excellent riverside walk, and no matter what the weather, there are always beautiful reflections to be had. No two days are the same.

SC117 - Post 13 October - Square composition This photo is taken of the inside bowl of a very old yew tree. Various cuts have been made here, and I'm not sure why the colours are so vibrant. Could the colours be due to the oils and resins of the tree? The giant yews on first terrace were planted around 1680, of which this is one of the 'interiors, form the clumps we see today on the top terrace of Powis Castle. topiaryintheuk.co.uk/powis-castle

HWW everyone

Sculpture by David F Wilson. The 8 thistle heads, sculpted in copper, stand 3.5 metres tall, and are supported by stainless steel supports. I'd like to see this sculpture on a sunny day in summer, when the surrounding gardens look their best.

SC116 – Post 6 October – Façades This photo is mostly a reflection of the façade of the market hall in Shrewsbury. The people are inside a coffee shop on the square, and the photo was taken looking through the window into the shop. The PiP shows the facade of some fairly brutalist architecture largely made of concrete with strange golden balls on the exterior. I used photoshop to enhance the gold.