Soho Foundry, Handsworth

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Date:1948

Description:Soho Foundry, Handsworth, showing the old machine shop used for the manufacture of James Watt engines. 1941


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1880s
Foundry Row, Handsworth
Foundry Row, Handsworth

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

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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Donor ref:LSH WK H5 0171 (3/890)

Source: Local Studies and History Department

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