I was fascinated by the old - often industrial - architecture and
the waterway construction. Pictures were taken with a Kodak 3.3MPixel
Camera.
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| Birmingham • City, University Campus,
Waterways
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The Bell Tower of the University. |
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Well preserved houses downtown. |
Rose Villa with remarkable clock tower in the juweller's
quarter. |
Agin the University tower. |
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Brindley Place - new shopping centre close to the canal
harbor. |
An old factory building. |
The Malt House - nice pub and restaurant. |
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New office buildings at the waterside. |
Old iron bridge in the harbor. |
An entrance to the harbor area. |
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Hand-operated lock. |
Sequence of locks. |
Basement construction close to a canal. |
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The hauling ropes carved grooves into the brick wall aside a
canal. |
Hundreds of such stone bridges span the Midengland
canals. |
Rope carvings in an iron crank body. |
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One of the many splendid suburban villas. |
Detailed view of another one. |
Church. |
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Graveyard - apparently not used anymore! |
| Warwick Castle
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The Warwick castle. |
View through one of the many highly elaborated
embrasures. |
View from a tower onto the village. |
| Stratford
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An inviting Pub. |
Another one downtown. The U.S. flag is at half-mast since
it's September 12th, 2001. |
The Shakespeare Birth House. |
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Doris & Max - my colleagues - in front of the Shakespeare
Museum. |