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1 online resource |
| Summary |
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the ground-breaking historic industrial complex created to the west of Birmingham in the eighteenth century and associated with Matthew Boulton, James Watt, and William Murdoch. The Soho Manufactory (1761-1863) and Soho Mint (1788-1850s) were both situated in the historic parish of Handsworth, now in the city of Birmingham, and the Soho Foundry (1795-1895) lay in the historic township of Smethwick, now within Sandwell Metropolitan Borough. Together they played a key role in the Industrial Revolution , achieving many world 'firsts': the first working Watt steam engine, the first steam-engine powered mint and the first purpose-built steam engine manufactory (the Soho Foundry), to name but a few. Existing literature focuses largely on the biography of the people, primarily Boulton and Watt, or the products they manufactured. The place - the Soho complex - has attracted very little attention. This volume is the first to concentrate on th... Publisher description |
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manufactory |
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Birmingham |
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Midlands |
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history |
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mill |
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steam |
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industry |
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mint |
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foundry |
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industrialisation |
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Boulton |
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Watt |
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James Watt |
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heritage |
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coining |
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engineering |
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James Watt and Company (Birmingham, England) -- History
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Soho Mint -- History
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Soho Foundry (Birmingham, England) -- History
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James Watt and Company (Birmingham, England) |
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Industries -- England -- Birmingham -- History
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Industries
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England -- Birmingham
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Electronic book
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| ISBN |
9781802070934 |
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1802070931 |
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