Commemorative plaque, Tipton
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Commemorative plaque, Tipton
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 17 Feb 2023
This orange plaque is on the works of The Angle Ring Co Ltd and celebrates an important event in the history of technology - Boulton & Watt's first commercial steam engine to drain a colliery. There is an earlier plaque on a nearby house and I suppose they are both 'near' the spot!
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Image Location
Latitude
52.537807
Longitude
-2.073674