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Lost Birmingham in 3D

Cornwall Works, on today’s streets

Tangye Brothers’ Cornwall Works opened beside the Birmingham Canal in 1864 and grew into one of the Midlands’ great engineering works. Tangyes left in 1969; modern foundry sheds now stand on the site.

A 3D model of Tangyes’ Cornwall Works, a long brick works block and sheds, placed beside the Birmingham Canal and Cornwall Road, Smethwick
Cornwall Works — outline from the OS 25-inch map; the long multi-storey block and the sheds from engravings of 1889 and 1909 (heights approximate)Buildings standing on the site today (see-through)Buildings today (OpenStreetMap)
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