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Original Text (Annotation: EPW005843 / 2068905)
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                            BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL...….FOUNDATION STONE GIVES THE DATE OF MDCCCXXXIV (1834) AND GIVES THE NAME OF JOSEPH HANSOM.   HE WAS ALSO THE  DESIGNER OF THE  'HANSOM CAB'.  HE AND HIS CO-DESIGNER APPARENTLY UNDERQUOTED AND BECAME BANKRUPT.   THE BUILDING WAS EXTENDED LENGTHWAYS AT THE REAR, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS,  GIVING MORE ROOM TO ACCOMODATE THE LARGE MUSICAL ORGAN.
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