The Three Sohos

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Date:2003

Description:The Three Sohos
by George Demidowicz

There has been considerable confusion by writers over the years in distinguishing between the three Soho sites:
The Soho Manufactory
The Soho Mint
The Soho Foundry

The confusion has been made worse by a failure to distinguish between the firm of Boulton and Watt, the best known, and the many other firms founded by Matthew Boulton.

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Waterworks and steam power

Matthew Boulton had come to Soho in search of water power and quickly rebuilt a four-year old mill by ...

The Engine Works at the Soho Manufactory

When Matthew Boulton first planned the Manufactory (1761) it was intended to make all manner of Birmingham ...

The Button and Silver Plate Works

The earliest buildings at the Soho Manufactory were devoted to making of Birmingham ‘toys’ ...

The Origins of the Soho Mint

The pitiful state of the national coinage owing to counterfeiting and shortages irked Matthew Boulton ...

The reorganisation of the Soho Mint 1797-9

Matthew Boulton had to wait nearly a decade after he had built his mint at Soho to achieve his ambition ...

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Handsworth Business, Trade, Industry & Commerce Boulton, Matthew

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Donor ref:Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 1909 p20 (20/5840)

Source: Birmingham Archives

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