Smethwick Engine foundations, Smethwick
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Smethwick Engine foundations, Smethwick
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 10 Mar 1984
This is a view of the open air excavation of the foundations of a 1779 Boulton & Watt canal pumping engine. The engine is now in Thinktank in Birmingham and a building has been put over the foundations but they are rarely on public show. We were one of very few groups of people to be invited onto the site one Saturday afternoon and were honoured and delighted to be given this opportunity. We - the Stationary Engine Research Group, later to become the International Stationary Steam Engine Society (ISSES). This view is a close-up of the cylinder end showing the four cylinder holding down bolts and the underlying foundation with access holes to the holding down bolts.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.497729
Longitude
-1.962247