Springfield, Wolverhampton
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Springfield is an area of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom near the city centre, currently undergoing major redevelopment.
Landmarks within the district include the site of Wolverhampton Low Level railway station, and the disused Springfield Brewery that made Springfield Bitter from 1873 to 1991. The site was originally chosen because of its high quality springwater. In its last few years it was owned by Mitchells and Butlers.
The Brewery's Victorian listed buildings were gutted by fire in 2004 but plans are still on the board to preserve them as part of a redevelopment.
Don Howe, the now-retired footballer and football manager, was born at Springfield in 1935.
External links
- http://www.larry-arnold.info/photography/Wolverhampton/index.htm
- http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/listed/brewery.htm
- http://www.lightingthedarkness.co.uk/Springfield%20M&B.htm
- http://www.waterscape.com/pdf/download?id=1836 pdf
- http://www.wolverhamptoncity.co.uk/content.php?c=2&cp=page/page.php&content_id=693140831911394
- http://www.springfieldbrewery.co.uk Historic film and images of the now destroyed Springfield Brewery Wolverhampton
Coordinates: 52°35′35″N 2°07′16″W / 52.593°N 2.121°W
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