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Lost Birmingham in 3D

Deritend Bridge, on today’s streets

The crossing that made Birmingham a market town: the River Rea was forded and then bridged here for centuries. The river now runs in a culvert under the road.

A 3D model marking Deritend Bridge, the old crossing of the River Rea, under today’s Digbeth High Street
The line of the Rea crossing under the road, from the OS 1:500 plan of 1887–88; the bridge itself is buriedOther Soho buildings of about 1825 (faded)Buildings today (OpenStreetMap)
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