1975

SP0686 : Site of Granville Street Station

taken 49 years ago, near to Birmingham, England

Site of Granville Street Station
Site of Granville Street Station
Viewed from across wall on Communication Row, from bottom to top, left to right:
Archways (current cross-city route, north of Five Ways station)
Above archways, trackbed at location of Granville Street Station
Left-hand tunnel is road bridge (Granville Street), tunnel leading to Central Goods.
To right of trackbed, up embankment is a boarded up tunnel entrance (the original line stopped here, being prevented from going beyond the canal)
Beyond brick wall, Worcester & Birmingham canal
Beyond canal to right of photo, would be rear of Birmingham Accident Hospital (now moved)

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See also SP0686 : Old trackbed to Granville Street at Five Ways and SP0686 : Trackbed and tunnels near Five Ways

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Photographer
Michael Westley   (more nearby)
Date Taken
March 1975   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 30 December, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 062 862 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:28.4596N 1:54.5649W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 061 862
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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