Building Works
The Public Office, designed by William Hollins, was built in Moor Street in 1806 encompassing offices, magistrates' courts and a prison.
In 1818, some streets were lit by gas, replacing the oil lamps which had been used from 1780.
In 1834, the Birmingham Town Hall was built.
Read more about this topic: Birmingham Street Commissioners
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“Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled.”
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For scholars and for poets after us,
Thoughts long knitted into a single thought,
A dance-like glory that those walls begot.”
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