In 1877-78, it cost £9,448 to build the first part of the Assay Office on the Newhall Street site in Birmingham. But owing to the rapid increase in business it soon proved too small, and the first extension was added in 1885 at a cost of £1,988. Telephones were installed in 1885, and the gas…
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