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James Watt and Co

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James Watt and Co of Soho Foundry, Birmingham

  • 1873 Four beam engines for London Main Drainage (Western Station, Chelsea). James Watt and Co
  • 1875 Cornish engine for The South Staffordshire Waterworks Co (Moors Gorse Pumping Station). James Watt and Co
  • 1876 Visit to their works in 'The Engineer'. 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 in 1895.
  • 1911 The firm left an extremely detailed archive of its activities, which was given to the city of Birmingham in 1911.


Sources of Information

  • 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
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