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James Watt and Co of Soho Foundry, Birmingham

1849 After the death of James Watt (Junior), the company changed its name from Boulton and Watt.

1864 Four 125hp beam engines supplied to the Metropolitan Board of Works, Crossness Pumping Station, as part of Joseph Bazalgette's London Main Drainage Scheme.

1873 Four beam engines for London Main Drainage (Western Station, Chelsea). James Watt and Co

1877 Two Cornish engines for The South Staffordshire Waterworks Co (Moors Gorse Pumping Station). James Watt and Co

1883 Three engines for Hull Corporation (Main Drainage Station). James Watt and Co

1883 Engine for sewage pumping for Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation. (Exhibit at Birmingham Thinktank museum). James Watt and Co

1895 The firm lasted over 120 years, and was still making steam engines but this was its last year of business

1906 An Inverted Vertical Triple Expansion Pumping Engine was supplied to the Brayton Works of the Selby and Pontefract Water Company. Although the engine was clearly marked "James Watt & Co, Soho, Birmingham", it may actually have been built by the new owners of the Soho Foundry (W and T Avery), still using the Watt name.

1911 The firm left an extremely detailed archive of its activities, which was given to the city of Birmingham

The Engineer of 28th July 1876 p60
The Engineer of 11th June 1920 p597
The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
History and Directory of Birmingham, 1849: Engineers

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 * 1895 The firm lasted over 120 years, and was still making steam engines but this was its last year of business
-* 1906 An Inverted Vertical Triple Expansion Pumping Engine was supplied to the Brayton Works of the Selby and Pontefract Water Company.  Although the engine was clearly marked "James Watt & Co, Soho, Birmingham", it may actually have been built by the new owners of the Soho Foundry (WT Avery & Co ??), still using the Watt name.
+* 1906 An Inverted Vertical Triple Expansion Pumping Engine was supplied to the Brayton Works of the Selby and Pontefract Water Company.  Although the engine was clearly marked "James Watt & Co, Soho, Birmingham", it may actually have been built by the new owners of the Soho Foundry ([[W and T Avery]]), still using the Watt name.
 * 1911 The firm left an extremely detailed archive of its activities, which was given to the city of Birmingham