The Great Western Arcade The Foresters’ Guide to Birmingham and Its Neighbourhood 1883

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This pleasant walk between two rows of attractive shops extends from Colmore Row to Temple Row. It was opened on August 26th, 1876. It is 400 feet long and 40 feet high; the dome in the centre is 75 feet high. It cost £70,000.

Source: The Foresters’ Guide to Birmingham and Its Neighbourhood. Presented by the Demonstration Committee to the Delegates In High Court Meeting, Assembled in Birmingham, August, 1883.Specially Prepared For the Occasion by John Alfred Langford, LL.D; F.R.H.S. Birmingham: James Upton, Baskerville Printing Works, Great Charles Street. 1883