Where is this? (that I know). What is it? (that I'm unsure).

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 22 Jul, 2012 8:23 pm

Where is this object in central Leeds? I took the photo on July 21 2012 a few days after it first caught my attention, but I've no idea how long the object has been there.As to what it is I'm unsure, but I wonder if it is a lightning conductor or perhaps a piece of communication equipment.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sun 22 Jul, 2012 9:11 pm

Leodian wrote: Where is this object in central Leeds? I took the photo on July 21 2012 a few days after it first caught my attention, but I've no idea how long the object has been there.As to what it is I'm unsure, but I wonder if it is a lightning conductor or perhaps a piece of communication equipment. I was thinking the same thing Leodian - a stylised lightening rod?

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 22 Jul, 2012 9:27 pm

As my grandma would say, "It's a wingwam for ducks to peeak on".

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 23 Jul, 2012 7:32 pm

I thought it is time to state where the item is. It is high up between Evans Cycles and the NCP car park on New Station Street. The photo here (taken July 21 2012) shows a wider field-of-view looking to New Station Street from next to the station, with the item being just right of centre.Part of Mill Hill is out of view below where New Station Street crosses over it. The building on Mill Hill just left of centre looks interesting as there seems to be blocked up doors that (if so) presumably at one time connected with a building next to it, but that building has either been reduced in height or even demolished. The whole area of and around Mill Hill looks very interesting, but some is hard to readily photograph.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 23 Jul, 2012 11:13 pm

Is it a nod towards the timeball?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 24 Jul, 2012 12:40 am

Cardiarms wrote: Is it a nod towards the timeball? That's an interesting thought Cardiarms as the building with the Time Ball is not that far away (at what is now a restaurant but which I still think of as Dyson's).

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Wed 25 Jul, 2012 1:08 pm

It looks very much like a 360 degree cctv camera to me.