1 The PLAN of BIRMINGHAM Survey'd in the Year 1731
The first printed map of Birmingham, The Plan of Birmingham, surveyed by William Westley in 1731, is dedicated to Warwickshire’s two Members of Parliament, the Honourable Edward Digby and William Peyto ...
1731 map detail
A section of the 1731 map surveyed by William Westley, showing the manor house and St Martins church.
1790s
Reverse general section of 'Sun & Planet' engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton ...
1790s 16 Horse Crank Engine for Cotton Mill in Oldham
16 horse crank engine for Sarah Dunkerley, Mumps Brook, Oldham, Lancashire, December 1798.
A few of Boulton & Watt’s engine customers were women. This engine was ordered by Joseph Dunkerley, for his ...
1790s 2 Horse Bell Crank Engine
Section and plan of 2 horse bell crank engine for G. Symonds, Reading, Berkshire, September 1799.
In the late 1780s, Boulton & Watt began to make small engines, of 3 horses power and under. They ...
1790s 20 and 9 Horse Power Rotative Engines for Gun Manufactory
20 and 9 Horse power engines for Henry P. Whately, Smethwick, January 1796.
An unusual arrangement of rotative engines at Henry P. Whately’s gun manufactory at French Walls in Smethwick. The upper ...
1790s 20 and 9 Horse Power Rotative Engines for Gun Manufactory
20 and 9 horse power engines for Henry P. Whately, Smethwick, January 1796.
An unusual arrangement of rotative engines at Henry P. Whately’s gun manufactory at French Walls in Smethwick. The upper ...
1790s 20 Horse Blowing Engine for Iron Works in Monmouthshire
General view of 20 horse engine and blowing cylinder for Fothergill & Co., Sirhowy Iron Works, Monmouthshire, South Wales, August 1799.
Boulton & Watt sold several blowing engines to the iron works ...
1790s 20 Horse Blowing Engine for Iron Works in Monmouthshire
Reverse Plan and Sections of the Blowing Cylinder for Fothergill & Co., Sirhowy Iron Works, Monmouthshire, South Wales, August 1799.
Boulton & Watt sold several blowing engines to the iron works ...
1790s 3 Horse Engine for Lead Mine in Anglesey
Reverse general view of 3 horse engine for Mona Mine, Anglesey, June 1790.
This small 3 horse engine with a A-shaped framing was for the Mona lead mine, at Parys Mountain, on Anglesey. It was one ...
1790s 40 Horse Engine for Cumbrian Colliery
Reverse general view of 40 horse engine for John Christian Curwen, Workington, Cumbria, January 1794.
During the 1790s Boulton & Watt engines used a variety of arrangements to work pumps to extract ...
1790s 6 Horse Crank Engine for Cockshead Colliery
General view of 6 horse crank engine for John Sparrow & Co., Cockshead Colliery, Norton–in–the–Moors, near Burslem, Staffordshire, August 1793.
This was the second engine supplied to Cockshead Colliery ...
1790s Blowing Engine for Furnaces in Cadiz, Spain
Plan of blowing engine for Don Diego Gardoqui, Cadiz, Spain, 1793.
Boulton & Watt continued to supply engines for blast furnaces during the 1790s. This drawing shows the first of two blowing engines ...
1790s Blowing Engine for Furnaces in Cadiz, Spain
Section of blowing engine for Don Diego Gardoqui, Cadiz, Spain, 1793.
Boulton & Watt continued to supply engines for blast furnaces during the 1790s. This drawing shows the first of two blowing engines ...
1790s Boat Engine for the Birmingham Canal Co.
Front view and section of 'Boat Engine' for the Birmingham Canal Co., November 1793.
In the 1790s Boulton & Watt made a series of what were then referred to as 'boat engines' for various canal companies. ...
1790s Double-acting Engine for Hebburn Colliery
Front view and section of the pit showing the V Bob, Hebburn Colliery, County Durham, May 1798.
Another engine from the important North Eastern colliery market. These drawings show a double-acting ...
1790s Double-acting Engine for Hebburn Colliery
General view of engine for Hebburn Colliery, County Durham, January 1798.
Another engine from the important North Eastern colliery market. These drawings show a double-acting engine with a 63 inch ...
1790s Mill Engine as altered by Boulton & Watt
Elevation of double-cylinder engine at the mill of Messrs. Davison & Hawksley, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, 1797.
Occasionally Boulton & Watt would alter an existing engine to work on their principals, ...