The New or Water Tower, Chester details |
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| Image title: | The New or Water Tower, Chester | |
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| Source: | Grose, Francis: “The Antiquities of England and Wales” (1783) | |
| Place shown: | Chester, Cheshire, England | |
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| Status: | public domain in the USA, out of copyright in Canada, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit required | |
Notes: |
Published Novr. 7, 1783, by S. Hooper. Sparrow sculp.. The battlements were added in the 1640s during the Civil War, when Chester was besieged. There’s more about this at bwpics.co.uk. |
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