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===Current=== *[[Boulton, Watt and Murdoch]] β Unveiled on 14 September 1956, the statue was designed by [[William Bloye]] at a cost of Β£15,500. The 4.65m high statue depicting the three men discussing engine plans is sculpted in bronze with a [[gold leaf]] finish on a plinth of [[Portland stone]]. The statue is located on the south side of [[Broad Street, Birmingham|Broad Street]] outside the House of Sport, this location was meant to be temporary as it was originally intended to stand outside a planetarium as part of the Civic Centre but this was never built. *Industry and Genius β Unveiled in 1990 by artist David Patten as a monument to [[John Baskerville]], eight 1.5m high free standing blocks sculpted from Portland stone with bronze letters embossed on each. The letters spell the word "[[Virgil]]" the poet whose work was translated by Baskerville in 1757. Funded by the Public Arts Commissions Agency as part of the Centenary Square scheme. The sculpture is located outside the portico of Baskerville House. * [[Birmingham Hall of Memory|Hall of Memory]] * 1914 [[King Edward VII Memorial|statue of King Edward VII]] by [[Albert Toft]], moved to the square in November 2010.
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