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This image is looking up North Street towards town, with the Clock Tower in the foreground and behind it the spire of the Congregational Church, which was demolished in 1968. The Victoria Clock Tower was built to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee of 1897. It was funded by Miss F M & Miss C Cross of Coney Garth. The stone came from Dunhouse Quarries, Darlington and the architect was Mr George Corson of Leeds. Mr Milburn of York was the sculptor, Messrs Wilson of Headingly were the builders and Messrs Potts of Leeds crafted the clock itself.
We use a high resolution 50 mega pixel Canon camera, mounted on a Guardian stand, which allows us to capture A0 plans comfortably without losing any clarity or definition. Plans larger than A0 are digitally stitched using Adobe Photoshop by experienced reprographic staff. Images are captured at a minimum resolution of 300dpi as TIFFS using Phase One capture software.
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Photographs are printed on 250gsm satin and gloss paper.
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Free postage and packing on all photograph orders.
Digital copies will be sent by email.