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Sunday Picture Quiz Answers: May 24
Here are the answers to this week's Sunday Picture Quiz. How well did you do?
1. Water tower, Knaresborough railway station
Most people don't give this relic of the steam age a second look, but it's actually so significant that it's a grade II listed building.
Standing at the very end of platform 2 of Knaresborough railway station, it was built for the York and North Midland Railway in 1851. That was the year Knaresborough station opened, after the connections south to Leeds and north to Thirsk and York were completed.
According to its official listing, the building forms part of an important group of railway structures, with the station, tunnel, signal box and viaduct.
The grade II listed water tower on the platform at Knaresborough railway station.
The tower was used primarily to refill steam engines with large volumes water quickly, but apart from the odd vintage visitor, steam locomotives disappeared from this line in the 1960s.
2. Victoria Clock Tower, Ripon
The Victoria Clock Tower is a well-known landmark standing at the junction of North Road, Princess Road and Palace Road in Ripon.
It was commissioned to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and in the following June it was officially unveiled to a huge crowd at a civic ceremony.
The Grade II listed building passed into council ownership in 1974.
3. Mural, Harrogate
This evocative scene of a villa overlooking lavender fields was painted on a previously blank wall on Albert Street in Harrogate in September 2024.
It was created by professional artist Sarah Marsh and funded by the Harrogate BID to “highlight Harrogate as a must-visit destination".
4. How Stean Gorge, Nidderdale
This dramatic limestone gorge stretches for about a kilometre along How Stean Beck, near Lofthouse, at the top end of Nidderdale.
Privately owned, it is run as a tourist attraction and features a via ferrata, scenic trails, lodges with hot tubs and a glass-floored café with stunning views.
The gorge is part of the Upper Nidderdale Site of Special Scientific Interest, and visitors can enjoy activities such as gorge walking, caving, and abseiling.
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