Snow Hill Station

[paul stacey]

Smashing pics Mark, I remember, Livery St Snow Hill Wall, and as a boy remember the trams, which ran down there, so you are possibly right about those fixings, great to see some of what I remember, from old Brum, so much has been lost!!!

 

[Richard Dye]

Went and had a look at the retaining wall of the Snow Hill sidings on Livery St yesterday - still plenty of evidence of its "old age":-
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Also got a better look at what I believe (please correct me if I am wrong!!!) are tram overhead line "accessories":-
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Super photos!

 

[Richard Dye]

Love the photos!
What's that in the 9th photo of the arch, it looks like an old fashioned toilets?!
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Yes it is but beautiful masonary work!

 

[paul stacey]

The victorian gentleman's relief, based on the French, Paris , pissoir's, from a time when councils concentrated, on public works, for the betterment of society. They were not obsessed with, gender, leveling up, and diversity .!!

 

[Richard Dye]

The victorian gentleman's relief, based on the French, Paris , pissoir's, from a time when councils concentrated, on public works, for the betterment of society. They were not obsessed with, gender, leveling up, and diversity .!!

Thank you Paul, I did not realize that is where the “slang” name came from!

 

[mikejee]

Then round metal plates high on the wall look like the sort they add to buildings to stop the walls collapsing outwards Would they have been adde dlater or installed initially?

 

[Richard Dye]

Then round metal plates high on the wall look like the sort they add to buildings to stop the walls collapsing outwards Would they have been adde dlater or installed initially?

Usually the metal plates are tied together with a steel rod. If/when the walls buckle as Mike suggests, heat the rod which expands then they tighten the nuts. When the rod cools it contracts and pulls the wall in.