A Boulton & Watt blowing engine re-erected on the Dartmouth Circus roundabout, on the A38(M) in Birmingham, UK.
It was built in 1817 and used in Netherton at the ironworks of M W Grazebrook
The firm of 'Boulton & Watt' was initially a partnership between
Matthew Boulton and
James Watt, formed in 1775 to make
steam engines at their
Soho Foundry in
Smethwick, near
Birmingham,
England. The partnership was passed to two of their sons in 1800. The firm lasted over 120 years, and was still making steam engines in 1895.
The oldest working engine in the world is their
Smethwick Engine. Another working Boulton and Watt beam engine, dating from 1812, can be found at
Crofton Pumping Station. The
Powerhouse Museum in
Sydney,
Australia, houses the world's oldest working
rotary steam engine, built by Boulton and Watt in
1785 to grind malt in
Whitbread's
London brewery.
The firm left an extremely detailed archive of its activities, which was given to the city of Birmingham in 1911 and is kept at
Birmingham Central Library, which has since obtained various other related archives.
See also
★
Steam engine
★
Watt steam engine
★
Matthew Boulton
★
James Watt
★
William Murdoch
External links
★
Archives of Soho at Birmingham Central Library.
★
The Powerhouse Museum's Boulton and Watt engine
★
Revolutionary Players website
★
Cornwall Record Office Boulton & Watt letters
العربية
中国
Français
Deutsch
Ελληνική
हिन्दी
Italiano
日本語
Português
Русский
Español
