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Shinglers Drive, TIPTON, DY4 9EJ

The view by the world famous engineering company in forming large steel girders based on Bloomfield Road.

The view from Bloomfield Road near the Angle Ring in Tipton.

I photographed this to give context to the plaque over the door that commemorates the nearby location of Boulton & Watt's first commercial steam engine that was used to drain a mine. A more modern plaque was erected in 2019 on the works of the Angle Ring Co Ltd just across the road to the left.

This old plaque has now been superseded by a modern round orange plaque nearby. It reads as follows:- NEAR THIS SITE IN 1776 THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BEAM ENGINE TO THE DESIGNS OF JAMES WATT WAS ERECTED BY MESSRS BOULTON & WATT FOR MESSRS BENTLEY & CO THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF NORTHESK 27TH MAY 1959 IT WAS ERECTED BY THE DIRECTORS OF BRITISH ROLLING MILLS LTD IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE NEWCOMEN SOCIETY It is now on a more modern house and was presumably affixed there following the demolition of its original site. It is rather difficult to read, even when zoomed in and therefore I have typed it out in full above.

This company has been bending and curving metal and alloys for over 70 years. The huge entrance arch is an example of the company's work and there is also a half globe hung on the wall further up the road that gets the company recognised far and wide.

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!

The view down Bloomfield Road, Tipton.

The view of the Texaco Petrol Station off Bloomfield Road, Tipton.

The view in Tipton, Sandwell.

The view in Tipton, Sandwell.