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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Interesting item from Friday's B'ham Mail:
Factory lying under Square - Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a Victorian metal work factory and canal beneath the car park next to the B'ham Rep. Two hundred years ago the area was a maze of waterways and foundries as B'ham earned its reputation as the workshop of the world - in two years the site is set to be redeveloped as the new £193 million Central Library. Four long trenches, up to four metres deep, have revealed the housing for massive steam engines, the base of a massive chimney and the arm of the canal. Chris Hewitson of B'ham Archaeology: "....this has been a union rolling mill since 1820, a place where brass tubes and wire was manufactured". They now start filling in and restoring the car park, it will next be exposed when full library construction begins late in 2010.
Factory lying under Square - Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a Victorian metal work factory and canal beneath the car park next to the B'ham Rep. Two hundred years ago the area was a maze of waterways and foundries as B'ham earned its reputation as the workshop of the world - in two years the site is set to be redeveloped as the new £193 million Central Library. Four long trenches, up to four metres deep, have revealed the housing for massive steam engines, the base of a massive chimney and the arm of the canal. Chris Hewitson of B'ham Archaeology: "....this has been a union rolling mill since 1820, a place where brass tubes and wire was manufactured". They now start filling in and restoring the car park, it will next be exposed when full library construction begins late in 2010.
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