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Click to enlargeThe Thornes Lane Wharf and Wakefield Wharf bank of the River Calder. In the past, there were corn mills, kilns and malthouses situated along Thornes Lane. Nowadays, Thornes Lanes is still an industrial area with a somewhat neglected appearance. In the distance, the cathedral and other city centre buildings.
© John S. Sargent 25th March 2010.
Click to enlargeThe, as yet unfinished, waterfront development viewed from Barnsley Road.
© John S. Sargent 18th March 2010.
Click to enlargeView towards Barnsley Road at its junction with Doncaster Road just south of Wakefield Bridge. Photographed from the waterfront development.
© John S. Sargent 25th March 2010.
Click to enlargeThornes Wharf, just opposite the Waterfront Development.
© John S. Sargent 25th March 2010.

 

Click to enlargeAnother view of the decorative wall at Thornes Wharf, just opposite the Waterfront Development.
© John S. Sargent 25th March 2010.

Click to enlargeThe Weir (The Dam) River Calder, Wakefield. The grey building is the Hepworth Centre. Once, there was a dry dock in the area now occupied by the Hepworth.
© John S. Sargent 25th March 2010.
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