Foundry Row, Handsworth

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Date:1880

Description:Workman's cottages in Foundry Row, Handsworth, once included in the boundary of the Soho Foundry. The house in the foreground is said to have been occupied by William Murdock in his early days with the Soho Foundry.


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1880s
Soho Foundry, Handsworth
Soho Foundry, Handsworth

Part of the General and Drawing Offices at Soho Foundry, Handsworth.

1900s
Soho Foundry, Handsworth
Soho Foundry, Handsworth

William Murdock's gas-holder at the Soho Foundry, Handsworth, showing the restraining ...

1940s
Soho Foundry, Handsworth
Soho Foundry, Handsworth

Soho Foundry, Handsworth, showing a portion of an underground passage still in use ...

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Murdock, William Handsworth

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Donor ref:LSH WK H5 0174 (3/893)

Source: Local Studies and History Department

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