Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,265 pages of information and 246,082 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Empire Palace, Birmingham

From Graces Guide

of Thorp Street, Birmingham

1894 Mat 07th. Opened. Built on the site of the Day's Crystal Palace Concert Hall by architect Frank Matcham

Part of Moss Empires

1941 Hit by bombs

1951 Demolished


Note: -Day’s Crystal Palace was built on part of the site of the former White Swan Public House for James Day. It was constructed by W. Matthews and designed by the architect T Naden. Day installed a large Crystal Ball and mirrored walls in the Concert Hall and named it Day’s Crystal Palace Concert Hall for its opening on Thursday the 18th of September 1862.

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