Date:1900
Description:William Murdock's original gas-holder, dating from 1798, at the Soho Foundry, Handsworth. The gas provided light for the Foundry. Gas production was continued by W.J. Avery Ltd who owned the site when this photograph was taken.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
Part of the General and Drawing Offices at Soho Foundry, Handsworth.
Soho Foundry, Handsworth, showing the destruction caused by a fire in 1898
The workshops of E.G. Wrigley, Soho Works, Handsworth, c.1923. E.G. Wrigley and ...
Soho Foundry, Handsworth, showing a portion of an underground passage still in use ...
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Image courtesy of: Local Studies and History Department
Donor ref:LSH WK H5 0539 (3/1192)
Source: Local Studies and History Department
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