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Observatory and Camera Obscrura

The Camera Obscura Observatory Bristol

William West’s Camera Obscura is one of just three working Camera Obscuras in the UK. This astonishing feat of engineering has sat on top of Clifton Tower since 1828. Get a glimpse of how Victorian visitors must have felt admiring the landscape from atop the tower.

Author: Andrew Talbot

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