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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1664
A view of the new Snow Hill Station as the rebuilding work
nears completion, taken from a point midway up Snow Hill. At the lower end of
Snow Hill with the corner of Great Charles Street is the new four storey office
block. At street level next to this was the entrance to the parcels yard (note
the white wall), while the four apertures fenced with railings provided light
into the parcels yard under the station. When the station was finally
demolished some of these attractive railings were salvaged and re-erected on
the Broad Street canal bridge. The massive girders which provided structural
support for the station and its trackwork can be seen above these apertures.
This upper part of the station was illuminated by natural light flooding in
through the glazed roof and huge lantern windows. When this photograph was
taken these windows were still awaiting the glazing of their lower
portions.
Robert Ferris
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