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Lionel Street, Holiday Inn and the BT Tower
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 5 Dec 2012
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Lionel Street and the Post Office Tower, Birmingham
This view across Birmingham is seen by looking north-east from "The Secret Garden" on Level 7 of the new library. Lionel Street leads straight towards the Post Office Tower.
The BT Tower (formerly known as the Post Office Tower and, before that, the GPO Tower) is the tallest structure in the city at 152 metres.
Construction started in July 1963 and was completed in September 1965. The tower became operational in December 1966. It has 26 storeys, housing technical areas and offices, and five levels of circular aerial galleries at the top.
This telephoto assisted image towards the tower is from a distance of about five hundred metres.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 7 Dec 2017
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Beaufort House, Newhall Street, Birmingham
Former office block probably of the late 1950s or 1960s.
It has been extended along Lionel Street and converted to flats.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 22 Jun 2015
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Birmingham Central Telephone Exchange (1)
Located at Telephone House, 104 Newhall Street, this TE dates from the 1930s and has the code CMCEN. It provides telephone and broadband services to 4,344 residential and 1,389 non-residential premises in the northern part of Birmingham City Centre with the B3 postcode address. Lionel Street can be seen to the left of the TE.
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 2 Jun 2018
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Great Charles Street
Looking towards lights at Newhall Street.
Image: © Carl Baker
Taken: 14 Apr 2006
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148-149 Great Charles Street, Birmingham
Terminating the view down Margaret Street is a nine-storey tower originally built for Colonial Mutual Life Assurance (hence CML at the top) by Hennessy, Hennessy & Co. in 1939.
Now Charles House.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 21 Jun 2015
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Birmingham
Going down. I have heard it said the Canal-cruising in this style is very relaxing. I dunno - I think that I would take a lot of convincing.
Image: © Ron Hann
Taken: Unknown
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Great Charles Street Queensway buildings
Charles House, between Newhall Street and Margaret Street - CML stands for Colonial Mutual Life Assurance and the nine-storey building dates from 1939, the architects being Hennessy, Hennessy & Co. of Sydney.
Image: © Michael Westley
Taken: 31 Dec 2010
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Newhall St
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 11 Jun 2011
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Birmingham Central Telephone Exchange (2)
Taken from Fleet Street, this photo shows the back and side of the TE which used to have CENtral telephone numbers until the late 1960s. It now has 0121-2xx xxxx numbers and its postcode is B3 1JX. The BT radio tower can be seen in the distance, SP0687 refers.
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 2 Jun 2018
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