Birmingham's Heritage and Attractions
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Thinktank is Birmingham�s unique and award-winning museum of science and discovery housed at Millennium Point in the heart of the city.
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Curzon Street Station
Originally the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway and
built by Philip Hardwick in 1838, who designed the original Euston
Station too. By 1854 trains were using New Street instead and Curzon
Street became a goods station. > More |
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Aston Manor Transport Museum Restored buses, coaches, commercial vehicles and tramcar bodies, mainly with local connections. Small exhibits, working model layouts and video presentation, all housed in a 19th century restored tram depot. There is also a small shop with transport memorabilia |
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The Shakespeare Express 4965 "Rood Ashton Hall" GWR 4900 Hall Class 4-6-0 built Swindon 1929. passing through Hall Green station on 26th June 2000.The Birmingham Railway Museum Trust is a registered educational charity established to preserve and demonstrate the steam locomotives in the Tyseley collection at Tyseley Locomotive Works - and where better than on the main line? The Tyseley collection of locomotives comprises three GWR Castle class engines, an LMS Jubilee, GWR Hall, and three GWR pannier tanks >more
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The Guillotine Lock Lifford Lane Kings Norton On the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. A Guillotine lock is where the gates rise vertically and rarely found on canals |
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Sentinal the Spitfire Sculpture Artist Tim Tolkien Set a short distance from the M6 on the Chester Road island at the intersection of the Jaguar Cars plant and Castle Vale area, the imposing, large steel sculpture depicts three Spitfires peeling off in different directions. The sculpture took three years to develop, inspired by local people and transformed from art concept to a major feat of engineering (click here to view plaque) (photo Colin Hickman 26-November-2000) >visit the Spitfire website |
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