175 - I mentioned a few days ago the changes to York city walls south-east of Lendal Tower and the River Ouse. This set of views is of the second pair of arches through the city walls creating access to York's first railway station inside the city walls.
The top left image shows the route the tracks would have followed from the south, through what is now a car park.
The top right image shows the arches from inside the city walls.
The lower image shows one of the arches from outside the wall. The railway tracks would have followed the route now followed by the road. The small brick building on the left was once a signal box.
Part of the original station also still exists, but is currently surrounded by scaffolding since it is being converted into new council offices, so I haven't included a shot of that - perhaps later in the year when the scaffolding comes down I may be able to get a shot of it.
Thank you Roslyn - the wall here would have originally been built on a high bank, so when it was reconstructed for the railway access, the bank on this section was removed and replaced by wall. The removal of the bank resulted in the wall being about twice as high as it would previously have been. You can see a section with the bank as it would have been in http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-08-28
Thank you Caren - the wall here would have originally been built on a high bank, so when it was reconstructed for the railway access, the bank on this section was removed and replaced by wall. The removal of the bank resulted in the wall being about twice as high as it would previously have been. You can see a section with the bank as it would have been in http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-08-28
Thank you Lynne - you can still walk almost the complete circuit of the walls, although there are sections like this which have been much changed over the centuries, and particularly in Victorian times.
Thank you David, and thank you for the follow! I've been doing a tour around the walls on this project, starting around http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-07-30 - but I do keep making diversions when I find other things of interest!
August 31st, 2012
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Thank you Bob, glad you like it!
Thank you Bruni - I love seeing the layers of history in York
Thank you Tony - it's quite hard to show this area clearly without using a collage.
Thank You Brian - it is interesting to use a collage to tell a story.
They are all company cars belonging to Network Rail, who have offices just inside the city walls.
Thank you Roslyn - the wall here would have originally been built on a high bank, so when it was reconstructed for the railway access, the bank on this section was removed and replaced by wall. The removal of the bank resulted in the wall being about twice as high as it would previously have been. You can see a section with the bank as it would have been in http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-08-28
Thank you Caren - the wall here would have originally been built on a high bank, so when it was reconstructed for the railway access, the bank on this section was removed and replaced by wall. The removal of the bank resulted in the wall being about twice as high as it would previously have been. You can see a section with the bank as it would have been in http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-08-28
Thank you Lynne - you can still walk almost the complete circuit of the walls, although there are sections like this which have been much changed over the centuries, and particularly in Victorian times.
Thank you David, and thank you for the follow! I've been doing a tour around the walls on this project, starting around http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-07-30 - but I do keep making diversions when I find other things of interest!