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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Series One: The Boulton & Watt Archive and the Matthew Boulton Papers
from Birmingham Central Library
Part 4: Matthew Boulton Correspondence (Subject Material: Albion Mill - Steam Engines)
Part 5: Engineering Drawings - Crank, Canal, Dock and Harbour, Mint, Blowing, Pumping and Other
Engines, c.1775-1800
Maps and Explanations
(1) Geographical Location of Engines Covered by Drawings in Part 5 of this Microfilm Project.
Please click here to download a PDF table.
(2) Map of Distribution and Geographic Location of Crank Engines, c1775-1800
Please click here to download a PDF map.
Key
| Square |
Number in the square box indicates the number of Crank Engines designed, planned, and in mosts cases, erected by Boulton & Watt in this particular country or region during the years c1775-1800. NB: Most Crank Engines were designed post-1800 and will be covered in a future part of this microfilm project. |
(3) Map of Distribution and Geographic Location of Canal, Dock & Harbour, Waterworks, Mint and Small
Side-Lever Engines, c1775-1800
Please click here to download a PDF map.
Key
The numbers within the following symbols indicate the number of particular types of engine, designed, planned, and in most cases, erected by Boulton & Watt in the particular country or region shown, during the period c1775-1800:
| Square |
Canal Engines |
| Triangle |
Dock/Harbour Engines |
| Circle |
Waterworks Engines |
| Diamond |
Small Side-Level Engines |
| [ ] |
Mint Engines |
(4) Map of Distribution and Geographic Location of Vacuum & Blowing, Pumping, and Cornish Engines, c1775-1800
Please click here to download a PDF map.
Key
The numbers within the following symbols indicate the number of particular types of engine, designed, planned, and in most cases, erected by Boulton & Watt in the particular country or region shown, during the period c1775-1800:
| Square |
Vacuum & Blowing Engines |
| Circle |
Pumping Engines |
| Diamond |
Cornish Engines |
(5) Geographical Location and Distribution of Iron Works in the Early Eighteenth Century
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Source: Musget, Papers on Iron and Steel taken from Appendix B of T. S. Ashton Iron and Steel in the Industrial Revolution pp 235-238.
Key
| Square |
Denotes number of forges |
| Circle |
Denotes number of furnaces |
(6) Canals
To provide useful background information, two maps have been reproduced here from the Catalogue of Old Engines.
The first map is an item from the case documents for the Bill of 1806 to obtain consent from Parliament "for removing the Bar between Birmingham, and the Birmingham and Worcester Canals". It shows a plan of part of the Birmingham canal with proposed extensions. It also shows the location of the Bradley Works, Broad Waters, Bloomfield, Smethwick, Darlaston and other locations in relation to Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall. It demonstrates the importance of canals in this region.
The second map shows the canal system in the Midlands centered upon Birmingham, reaching down to Oxford, London, Gloucester and Bristol in the south, and up to Stafford, Derby, and the Potteries further nothwards, then Manchester and Liverpool beyond.
It shows the following:
Birmingham Canal
Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
Coventry Canal
Dudley Canal
Droitwich Canal
Grand Junction Canal
Grand Trunk Canal
Napton Canal
Oxford Canal
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Stourbridge Canal
Stratford and Avon Canal
Warwick and Birmingham Canal
Worcester Canal
Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Wyrley Canal
Note Concerning Other Engineerig Drawings
Please see Part 3 of this microfilm prohect for Engineering Drawngs of Watt Engines of the Sun & Planet type, c1775-1802.
Part 5 covered by this listting and guide features other types of Watt Engines for the period 1775-1800. Please note that there are also many drawings of other types of Watt Engines for the post-1800 period and we plan to cover these in due course in a further section of this microfilm project devoted to Engineering Drawings.
Note Concerning Bibliography & Bibliographical Details
A Bibliography concerning James Watt appears on pp 125-147 of the listing and guide to Parts 2 and 3 of this microfilm project. This Bibliography has been reprinted from James Watt and the Steam Engine. H.W. Dickinson and R. Jenkins (2nd edition 1981. Moorland Publishers); see Appendix I, pp 359-372; first published in 1927.
The Editorial Preface by Professor Jennifer Tann at the front of this listing and guide also features some Bibliographical References, see page 12.
Biographical Details on members of the Lunar Society can be found on pp 231-240 of the listing and guide to Part 1 of this project. For details on staff and engine erectors employed by Boulton & Watt please see pp 107-124 of the listing and guide to Parts 2 and 3 of this microfilm project.
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