EAW026254 ENGLAND (1949). New Street Station and the city centre, Birmingham, from the east, 1949

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Title [EAW026254] New Street Station and the city centre, Birmingham, from the east, 1949
Reference EAW026254
Date 13-August-1949
Link
Place name BIRMINGHAM
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 407164, 286651
Longitude / Latitude -1.8945095721432, 52.477370465276
National Grid Reference SP072867

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JOSIAH MASON COLLEGE.

Griffin
Thursday 3rd of December 2015 07:38:40 PM
SITE WHERE THE 'BT TELECOMM TOWER' IS SITUATED.

Griffin
Thursday 3rd of December 2015 07:36:44 PM
HERE 'GEORGE RICHARDS ELKINGTON' 1801-65, WHO PATENTED THE WORLDS FIRST COMMERCIAL ELECTROPLATING PROCESS, OPENED HIS NEW 'SILVER ELECTROPLATING WORKS' IN 1841 IN NEWHALL ST, WITH HIS PARTNER COUSIN, HENRY, AFTER BECOMING THE SOLE HEIR TO HIS UNCLES' SILVER PLATING BUSINESS WHERE HE HAD BEEN APPRENTICED FROM 1815. JOSIAH MASON PROVIDED FINANCIAL BACKING AND IT BECAME 'ELKINGTON, MASON & Co' BETWEEN 1842 AND 1861. TAKEN OVER IN 1963 BY BRITISH SILVERWARE LTD, WHICH BECAME PART OF DELTA METAL Co Ltd IN 1971. THE BUILDING BECAME THE LOCATION OF THE 'BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY'.COLONNADED PORTICO WITH COAT OF ARMS SCULPTURE ATOP LASTED TIL 1960'S. CLOSED IN 1997, MOST OF SITE NOW DEMOLISHED.TWO PHOTOS TAKEN BY PHYLLIS NICKLIN ARE AT WWW.PBASE.COM/BEPPUU/PNICKLIN THANKS TO MR KEITH BERRY.

Griffin
Thursday 3rd of December 2015 07:13:40 PM
ST PAUL'S CHURCH...JEWELLRY QUARTER...BUILDING STARTED 1777 AND CONSECRATED 1779. UPPER PART OF TOWER AND SPIRE ADDED 1822/3. BOMB DAMAGED WWII, REPAIRED IN 1949/51 WITH MUCH OF THE ROOF REPLACED. MASSIVE RESTORATION BETWEEN 1985 TO 1994. A PEAL OF 10 BELLS WAS INSTALLED IN 2005.

Griffin
Thursday 3rd of December 2015 03:18:32 PM
LOCATION OF THE 'NEW' BIRMINGHAM WORKHOUSE...OPENED IN 1852 AT THE JUNCTION OF DUDLEY ROAD AND WESTON RD. THIS REPLACED THE ORIGINAL WORKHOUSE BUILT 1734 BETWEEN LICHFIELD ST & STEELHOUSE LANE.

Griffin
Thursday 3rd of December 2015 11:07:04 AM
LOCATION OF 'DUDLEY ROAD HOSPITAL'.....NOW CALLED 'CITY HOSPITAL'

Griffin
Thursday 3rd of December 2015 10:20:20 AM
SPRINGHILL PUBLIC LIBRARY...CORNER OF ICKNIELD ST AND SPRING HILL. RED TERRACOTTA GOTHIC STYLE BUILDING OPENED IN 1893.

Griffin
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 08:25:52 PM
ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH..MORTUARY CHAPEL...WARSTONE LANE CEMETERY...BUILT IN 1847...DEMOLISHED 1954.

Griffin
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 07:40:17 PM
LOCATION OF 'BULPIT & SONS' HOLLOWARE MANUFACTURERS USING THE 'SWAN BRAND' TRADE MARK.

Griffin
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 07:20:17 PM

Griffin
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 07:17:00 PM
PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE...BROAD STREET

Griffin
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 06:54:06 PM
EDGBASTON OR ROTTON PARK RESERVOIR.

Griffin
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 06:52:42 PM
CAMDEN STREET.

Griffin
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 06:51:36 PM
THE 'NEW STREET STATION' ROOF HAS BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE OF BOMB DAMAGE AND REPLACED BY THESE LOW PLATFORM STRUCTURES. THE ORIGINAL ROOF WAS, WHEN BUILT, THE LARGEST SINGLE SPAN UNSUPPORTED ROOF IN THE WORLD.

Griffin
Wednesday 2nd of December 2015 06:48:58 PM
REMNANTS OF THE BOMB DAMAGED 'BIRMINGHAM EMPIRE THEATRE'.....SUBSEQUENTLY DEMOLISHED IN 1951.

Griffin
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 10:01:32 PM
Hockley Goods depot GWR

gerry-r
Friday 2nd of January 2015 11:39:08 PM
Hockley station, GWR.

gerry-r
Friday 2nd of January 2015 11:37:56 PM
Snow Hill station.

gerry-r
Friday 2nd of January 2015 10:35:16 PM
Statue of Admiral Nelson.

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:38:33 AM
St Martin's Church.

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:37:43 AM
Smoke drifting from the mouth of the tunnel up to Snow Hill Station.

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:37:03 AM
Moor Street Station.

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:36:27 AM
The former Midland Railway's Central Goods Station.

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Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:36:03 AM
Gas Street canal basin

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:35:15 AM
Great Western Arcade

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:34:42 AM
New Street Station.

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:33:54 AM

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:33:27 AM

Toby Clempson
Saturday 4th of January 2014 08:32:51 AM