''James Watt's Mad Machine'' is a set of

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railings and gates at Winson Green Metro station,

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, designed by

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, supported by Eric Klein Velderman,

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and pupils at James Watt Infants and Junior Schools, with whose site it forms a boundary. It was created in 1998. It is inspired by the

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s of James Watt, who lived and worked nearby.

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