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| One thing that the 60s town and highways planners did get right was to re-erect this 1817 Blowing Engine on a traffic island at the start (or end) of the journey on the motorway in Birmingham formerly used at the Netherton ironworks of M W Grazebrook now decorates Dartmouth Circus. A tribute to the famous Scottish engineer James Watt, his business partner and son of Birmingham Mathew Boulton, and the heavy industry of Birmingham and the surrounding Black Country area. |
| I remember seeing this while on the bus going round the new large traffic island in the 60s but over a period of time the surrounding planted trees and shrubs have hidden it from the drivers and passengers speeding on their various onward routes |
| Photo Number: 331-365 |
| Date Taken: Friday 27 November 2009 |
| You can view this image full size at my Flickr website www.flickr.com/photos/johngarghan and see my Fine Art Photographs at my website www.johngarghan.co.uk |
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