1. Handsworth Today
Text: Malcolm Dick
Handsworth represents many of the features of contemporary Birmingham:
• A change in the local economy from manufacturing to service industries. As local manufacturing has ...
100 Soho Hill
The Royal British Legion Club stands to the right of the picture.
100 Soho Hill, Handsworth
107 Edward Rd
This section of the road has since been demolished. At one time Edward Road had dozens of local shops offering a wide range of goods. Today only a few remain - mostly around the junction with Cannon Hill ...
117 Great Colmore Street
Alfred Kilby's butcher's shop at 117 Great Colmore Street, decked out for Christmas. Although this was a butcher's shop for some years it only traded under Mr Kilby's name from 1895 to 1897, so the photograph ...
170 Belgrave Road
A yard area identified as the above but covering several addresses. The washing drying on the line and the open windows attest to a sunny day.
1770s Atmospheric Pumping Engine at Chelsea Water Works
General Section of atmospheric pumping engine at Chelsea Water Works, London, 1770s.
This engine was replaced by the Boulton & Watt engine in the previous illustration. It was built to the basic ...
1770s Pumping Engine & Pump for the 'Paris Water Works'
Sketch section of pumping engine and pump for the 'Paris Water Works' Chaillot, France.
This sketch clearly shows the arrangement of the engine and the pump descending into the River Seine. This drawing ...
1770s Pumping Engine for Birmingham Canal Co. Smethwick
Plan of pumping engine, Birmingham Canal Co., Smethwick.
A rare drawing of the 'Smethwick Engine' which is now housed in the Thinktank museum. The engine was the second Boulton & Watt that the Birmingham ...
1770s Pumping Engine for Chacewater Mine, Cornwall
General section of pumping engine for Chacewater Mine, Cornwall.
This was the first Boulton & Watt engine erected in Cornwall, although it was actually the second one ordered. It started work in 1777. ...
1770s Pumping Engine for Hawkesbury Colliery, Bedworth
General section of pumping engine for Hawkesbury Colliery, Bedworth, Warwickshire.
When it was set to work in 1777, this single-acting engine with a 58 inch cylinder and 8 foot stroke was the largest ...
1780s Double-acting Pumping Engine for River Head Water Works
General view of pumping engine for New River Head Water Works, London, [Portfolio 5/1090]
This drawing shows a typical Boulton & Watt pumping engine of the 1780s and 1790s. The engine was double-acting, ...
179 Church Hill Road
Elsmere Villa School was run here by Miss Annie Sharp in 1898.
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 ...