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Lost Birmingham in 3D

New Street station, on today’s streets

New Street’s great iron train shed of 1854 spanned 211 feet over the tracks. Badly damaged in the Blitz, it was taken down around 1948–52, and the whole station was rebuilt in 1964–67.

A 3D model of the Victorian New Street station with its great arched iron roof, placed under today’s Grand Central and New Street station
The Victorian station — outline from the OS 25-inch map; the 1854 roof’s 211 ft span and height from contemporary accounts; the two 1885 roofs’ heights approximateLandmarks standing todayBuildings standing on the site today (see-through)Buildings today (OpenStreetMap)
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