Snow Hill Vicinity, Birmingham
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Snow Hill Vicinity, Birmingham
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 15 Apr 2019
A view in the direction of the Aston Expressway. The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is now regarded as running from the Old Turn Junction (near the National Indoor Arena) to the Coventry Canal at Fazeley. In strictly legal terms however, it continues another 5½ miles beyond Fazeley (i.e. near Tamworth) to Whittington Brook as part of the line of the Coventry Canal. This graffiti is 25-30 metres away from an exit from the canal side (visible near the black and white post) into the “Old Snow Hill” area. Although this area is no longer part of the Jewellery Quarter, for a time during the late C19th and early C20th it was devoted to the manufacture of jewellery making equipment. At that time there was a huge growth in the manufacture of cheap, machine-made jewellery and numerous factories in this area supplied the machines used in its production.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.485648
Longitude
-1.901881