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Lost Birmingham in 3D

The Victorian Central Library, on today’s streets

Birmingham’s first free Central Library opened in 1865, burned in 1879, reopened in 1882 and was demolished in 1974.

A 3D model of Birmingham’s Victorian Central Library, a classical stone building with a curved corner, placed among today’s Paradise buildings by Chamberlain Square
The Central Library — outline from the OS 25-inch map; Barry’s curved Corinthian front from photographs of about 1890 (heights estimated)Landmarks standing todayBuildings standing on the site today (see-through)Buildings today (OpenStreetMap)
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