Andrew Harker's Pictures of Durham

Crane 1

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Durham, County Durham

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Crane 2

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Durham, County Durham

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Durham Market

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Durham, County Durham

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A trip to the Theatre

Not a great picture but shows the moody sky

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Durham, County Durham

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Neptune

The bare-bottomed statue of Neptune was originally placed in the Market Square in 1729 to cover an octagonal pant which provided water for the people in the Market Place. Water for the pant was supplied by pipe from the Fram Well at Crook Hall across the river to the north east. Neptune, God of the sea, symbolised an ambitious plan to turn Durham into an inland sea port by altering the course of the River Wear. In 1720 the plan was to construct a canal north to join the Team, a Tyne tributary near Gateshead. Thank goodness the plan never got beyond the drawing board for it would have resulted in the joining of the Tyne and Wear. This was not what nature had intended. In 1759 another plan was made to bring ships to Durham by making the river navigable from Durham to Sunderland. This would have needed considerable alterations to the river course, but fortunately the increasing size of ships made the plan impractical so no work was carried out. Today the only vestige of Durham as a potential sea port is the statue of good old King Neptune who has only recently returned to his Market place site . In 1923 the pant on which Neptune stood had been demolished and he was removed to Wharton Park where the poor chap was left somewhat neglected for many years until his return to the Market Place in 1991, sixty eight years later.

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Durham, Village Signs and Sign Posts, County Durham

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The Journey sculpture

The Journey sculpture shows the Monks carrying the coffin of St Cuthbert to his final resting place, at what is now Durham Cathedral.

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Durham, County Durham

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City Baths

The old city baths, disused and boarded up waiting to be demolished. Very sad.........

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Durham, County Durham

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Durham Market Place

Took this picture using my phone camera. There is something missing from the picture?

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Durham, County Durham

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Durham Viaduct

In 1857 the current Durham railway station and the viaduct immediately to the south were built, but it was not on the main line. It was built as a terminus to a branch from Bishop Auckland.

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Durham, County Durham

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Elvet Bridge

Early moring picture, you can only see one person. Looking down to Elvet Bridge which was constructed in 1160. The bridge is reputed to be the narrowest row-through bridge in Europe.

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Durham, County Durham

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