Soho Foundry, Handsworth

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Date:1890

Description:Soho Foundry, Handsworth, showing the old gas-producing plant. To the right can be seen William Murdock's original gas-holder.


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1880s
Foundry Row, Handsworth
Foundry Row, Handsworth

Workman's cottages in Foundry Row, Handsworth, once included in the boundary of ...

1890s
Soho Foundry, Handsworth
Soho Foundry, Handsworth

Soho Foundry, Handsworth, showing the destruction caused by a fire in 1898

1920s
Soho Works, Handsworth
Soho Works, Handsworth

The workshops of E.G. Wrigley, Soho Works, Handsworth, c.1923. E.G. Wrigley and ...

1940s
Soho Foundry, Handsworth
Soho Foundry, Handsworth

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

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Source: Local Studies and History Department

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