{"id":635,"date":"2026-10-03T16:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/?page_id=635"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:02:35","slug":"boulton-watt-steam-engines-designed-built-erected-kept-soho-1786","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulton &#038; Watt \u2014 Steam Engines Designed, Built, Erected &#038; Kept, Soho 1786"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n@keyframes bwspin{to{transform:rotate(360deg)}}\n.bw-marquee{overflow:hidden;background:#bf9142;color:#16130f;border-block:1px solid #16130f;box-shadow:inset 0 3px 0 #bf9142,inset 0 4px 0 rgb(22 19 15\/.4),inset 0 -3px 0 #bf9142,inset 0 -4px 0 rgb(22 19 15\/.4)}\n.bw-marquee div{display:flex;width:max-content;animation:bwslide 48s linear infinite}\n.bw-marquee span{font:21px\/1 im-fell-english-sc,Georgia,serif;letter-spacing:.08em;padding:20px 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40%),url(https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-hero-engine-house.png) 70% 50%\/cover no-repeat; min-height: min(94vh, 900px); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-end; padding-top: 150px; padding-bottom: 72px;\" data-md-mcg-custom-styles=\"background: linear-gradient(0deg,rgb(22 19 15\/.97) 0%,rgb(22 19 15\/.82) 55%,rgb(22 19 15\/.35) 100%),url(https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-hero-engine-house.png) 62% 50%\/cover no-repeat; padding-top: 120px; padding-bottom: 56px; min-height: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-HxLDbf\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-2mcy8y\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-2mcy8y\">Soho Manufactory \u00b7 Handsworth, near Birmingham \u00b7 Anno 1786<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-y0eMlR\"] { margin: 0; max-width: 820px; }<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-display mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0; max-width: 820px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-y0eMlR\">Power, made to order.<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-SXbilZ\"] { max-width: 640px; margin: 28px 0 0; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"max-width: 640px; margin: 28px 0 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-SXbilZ\">We design, cast, bore, erect and keep in good order the improved steam engines of Mr Watt\u2019s patent \u2014 for mines, mills, breweries, ironworks and every manufactory that will no longer wait upon the wind or the river.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-4D3lfs\"] { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px; margin-top: 36px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px; margin-top: 36px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-4D3lfs\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons btn-brass is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#tariff\">See the Tariff of Engines<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons btn-line is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#services\">Our Services<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-stats\"><div><b>1775<\/b><span>Partnership sealed at the Soho Manufactory, Birmingham<\/span><\/div><div><b>\u2153<\/b><span>Of the coals a common fire-engine burns for the same work<\/span><\/div><div><b>1800<\/b><span>Mr Watt\u2019s patent secured to us by Act of Parliament<\/span><\/div><div><b>5<\/b><span>Trades served: mines, mills, breweries, ironworks &amp; waterworks<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-XQr7gK\"] { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group full is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-XQr7gK\">\n<div class=\"bw-marquee\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div><span>Separate Condenser<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Sun &amp; Planet Motion<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Double-Acting Cylinder<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Parallel Motion<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Expansive Working<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Horse-Power Reckoned True<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Cylinders Bored by Mr Wilkinson<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Engines Erected Anywhere in the Kingdom<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Separate Condenser<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Sun &amp; Planet Motion<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Double-Acting Cylinder<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Parallel Motion<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Expansive Working<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Horse-Power Reckoned True<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Cylinders Bored by Mr Wilkinson<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><span>Engines Erected Anywhere in the Kingdom<i>\u2726<\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section id=\"age\" class=\"wp-block-group full pad is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group g2 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stack is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-t8AniG\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-t8AniG\">The Beginning of a New Age<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-OLz7k2\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-OLz7k2\">A mill once went where the water was. Now the power comes to the mill.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For seventy years the old atmospheric fire-engine of Mr Newcomen has laboured at the pit-head, swallowing coal by the waggon-load and good for nothing but lifting water. Every manufactory that wanted motion was chained to a stream, a weir and a dry summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Watt\u2019s improvements change the bargain. By condensing the steam in a separate vessel, the cylinder is kept always as hot as the steam that enters it, and a great part of the coal is saved. By the sun-and-planet wheels, the engine turns a shaft as smoothly as any water-wheel. Henceforth a mill may stand in a town, beside the canal and the coal, and run by night as well as by day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We believe it the beginning of an age in which the strength of a nation is measured by its engines.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-EUP51i\"] { margin: 0; background: rgb(250 245 233); }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0; background: rgb(250 245 233);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-EUP51i\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2198\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-engine-drawing-1784.png\" alt=\"Engraved drawing of a Boulton and Watt rotative beam engine of 1784\" class=\"wp-image-632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-engine-drawing-1784.png 1920w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-engine-drawing-1784-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-engine-drawing-1784-894x1024.png 894w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-engine-drawing-1784-768x879.png 768w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-engine-drawing-1784-1342x1536.png 1342w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-engine-drawing-1784-1789x2048.png 1789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-L2rvAY\"] { font-style: italic; margin-top: 14px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-smoke wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-style: italic; margin-top: 14px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-L2rvAY\">Our rotative engine of 1784, with sun-and-planet wheels and parallel motion. Engraving after R. H. Thurston.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"bw-tl\"><li><b>1765<\/b><span>On a Sunday walk across Glasgow Green, Mr Watt conceives the separate condenser.<\/span><\/li><li><b>1769<\/b><span>Patent granted for a new method of lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fire-engines.<\/span><\/li><li><b>1774<\/b><span>Mr Watt removes to Birmingham. His engine is set up again and made to work at Soho.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"k\"><b>1775<\/b><span>Boulton &amp; Watt is formed; Parliament extends the patent to the year 1800.<\/span><\/li><li><b>1776<\/b><span>Our first engines at work: Bloomfield Colliery, Tipton, and Mr Wilkinson\u2019s blast furnace at New Willey.<\/span><\/li><li><b>1778<\/b><span>Into Cornwall. Engines for the copper and tin mines, beginning at Wheal Busy.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"k\"><b>1781<\/b><span>Sun-and-planet motion patented. The engine now turns a wheel as well as lifts water.<\/span><\/li><li><b>1782<\/b><span>The double-acting engine and expansive working: steam pushes on both sides of the piston.<\/span><\/li><li><b>1784<\/b><span>Parallel motion guides the piston rod straight and true without chains.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"k\"><b>1786<\/b><span>The Albion Mills, London: two engines of fifty horses grind corn for the metropolis.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-7CJ8kN\"] { background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 0%,rgb(191 145 66\/.16),transparent 60%),rgb(42 38 32); }<\/style>\n<section id=\"partners\" class=\"wp-block-group full pad mcg-background-color-iron is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 0%,rgb(191 145 66\/.16),transparent 60%),rgb(42 38 32);\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-7CJ8kN\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-r5YJDf\"] { margin-inline: auto; text-align: center; max-width: 820px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group intro is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-inline: auto; text-align: center; max-width: 820px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-r5YJDf\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-V6ccW5\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-V6ccW5\">The Partners<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-IFFp8V\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1 mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-IFFp8V\">A Scotch philosopher and a Birmingham manufacturer.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\">One of us can make an engine think; the other can make a hundred of them and see them paid for. Between us there is nothing in the business of power that we cannot undertake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-r4jYsR\"] { align-items: start; max-width: 1040px; margin-inline: auto; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group g2 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"align-items: start; max-width: 1040px; margin-inline: auto;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-r4jYsR\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"bw-oval\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-james-watt-breda.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of James Watt by Carl Frederik von Breda\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-DDufTU\"] { margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass mcg-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-DDufTU\">The Inventor<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-jfiZfL\"] { margin: 6px 0 0; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2 mcg-color-cream mcg-text-align-center\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 6px 0 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-jfiZfL\">James Watt<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-8Y5Tpe\"] { margin: 4px 0 18px; font-style: italic; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-smoke mcg-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 4px 0 18px; font-style: italic;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-8Y5Tpe\">Born at Greenock, 1736<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-pCscpS\"] { margin: 0; font-size: 16px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-pCscpS\">Instrument maker to the University of Glasgow, surveyor of canals and natural philosopher. Inventor of the separate condenser, the sun-and-planet motion, the double-acting engine and the parallel motion; also of the copying press on which our letters are duplicated. Mr Watt designs every engine that leaves Soho and answers every difficult question about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"bw-oval\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-matthew-boulton-breda.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Matthew Boulton by Carl Frederik von Breda\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-UiBd5A\"] { margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass mcg-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-UiBd5A\">The Manufacturer<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-HEJoTy\"] { margin: 6px 0 0; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2 mcg-color-cream mcg-text-align-center\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 6px 0 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-HEJoTy\">Matthew Boulton<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-xvYUKm\"] { margin: 4px 0 18px; font-style: italic; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-smoke mcg-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 4px 0 18px; font-style: italic;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-xvYUKm\">Born at Birmingham, 1728<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-WBbV7c\"] { margin: 0; font-size: 16px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-WBbV7c\">Proprietor of the Soho Manufactory, where some six hundred hands make buttons, buckles, plate and ormolu. It was Mr Boulton who brought Mr Watt to Birmingham, secured the patent before Parliament and set the engine trade on a sound commercial footing. Gentlemen visiting Soho will find him glad to show them round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-HfM76P\"] { margin-top: 96px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-HfM76P\"] { margin-top: 56px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 96px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 56px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-HfM76P\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-aIqrvO\"] { margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-aIqrvO\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-partners-workshop.png\" alt=\"Two Georgian engineers examine a brass working model of a steam engine by candlelight\" class=\"wp-image-623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-partners-workshop.png 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-partners-workshop-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-partners-workshop-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-partners-workshop-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bw-quote\" style=\"margin-top:72px\"><p>\u201cI sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have \u2014 <b>Power<\/b>.\u201d<\/p><cite>Mr Boulton to Mr Boswell, on his visit to Soho, 1776<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"services\" class=\"wp-block-group full pad is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group intro is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-4XcYrs\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-4XcYrs\">From First Survey to the Last Stroke<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-0Co2wg\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-0Co2wg\">One firm. The whole engine.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Other men will sell you a cylinder, or a boiler, or a drawing. We undertake the entire business \u2014 and stand behind it for as long as the engine works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group g4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-fgB2Vz\"] { font: 900 54px\/1 playfair-display,Georgia,serif; color: rgb(191 145 66); margin: 0 0 14px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font: 900 54px\/1 playfair-display,Georgia,serif; color: rgb(191 145 66); margin: 0 0 14px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-fgB2Vz\">I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Design<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-oSI04W\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-oSI04W\">Our engineer surveys your pit, mill or brewhouse, reckons the work to be done and the coal to be saved, and draws the engine and its house to fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\" style=\"margin-top:16px\"><li>Survey of site &amp; water<\/li><li>Reckoning of horses required<\/li><li>Drawings of engine-house<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-RYMCCm\"] { font: 900 54px\/1 playfair-display,Georgia,serif; color: rgb(191 145 66); margin: 0 0 14px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font: 900 54px\/1 playfair-display,Georgia,serif; color: rgb(191 145 66); margin: 0 0 14px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-RYMCCm\">II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Manufacture<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-AImNtT\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-AImNtT\">Cylinders cast and bored true by Mr Wilkinson at Bersham; valves, nozzles and working gear made and fitted by our own hands at Soho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\" style=\"margin-top:16px\"><li>Cylinders bored to a nicety<\/li><li>Brass valves &amp; nozzles<\/li><li>Parallel motion &amp; gearing<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-7cZZQJ\"] { font: 900 54px\/1 playfair-display,Georgia,serif; color: rgb(191 145 66); margin: 0 0 14px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font: 900 54px\/1 playfair-display,Georgia,serif; color: rgb(191 145 66); margin: 0 0 14px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-7cZZQJ\">III<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Erection<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-hjzIHA\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-hjzIHA\">Our erectors travel to you with the parts, raise the cylinder, hang the beam, set the valves, and do not leave until the engine goes sweetly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\" style=\"margin-top:16px\"><li>Erectors sent anywhere<\/li><li>Engine-house superintended<\/li><li>Trial under full load<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-FDoIA6\"] { font: 900 54px\/1 playfair-display,Georgia,serif; color: rgb(191 145 66); margin: 0 0 14px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font: 900 54px\/1 playfair-display,Georgia,serif; color: rgb(191 145 66); margin: 0 0 14px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-FDoIA6\">IV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\">Keeping<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-oIcX08\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-oIcX08\">We train your engine-keeper, inspect the engine yearly and supply every part that wears. You pay a premium of one-third the coals saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\" style=\"margin-top:16px\"><li>Engine-keepers trained<\/li><li>Yearly inspection<\/li><li>Spare parts by return<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-YPt8wm\"] { margin-top: 112px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-YPt8wm\"] { margin-top: 64px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group g2 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 112px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 64px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-YPt8wm\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-zLgtPU\"] { margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-zLgtPU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-erectors-cylinder.png\" alt=\"Engine erectors hoisting a great iron cylinder with timber sheer legs\" class=\"wp-image-624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-erectors-cylinder.png 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-erectors-cylinder-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-erectors-cylinder-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-erectors-cylinder-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stack is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-tOKb7t\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-tOKb7t\">Our Erectors<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-xt82I2\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-xt82I2\">We do not send a crate. We send a man.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An engine is only as good as its erection. Our erectors are bred at Soho, know every part by its first name and will raise a forty-ton beam with nothing but sheer legs, tackle and a dozen of your labourers. Mr Murdoch himself has kept our Cornish engines going through many a winter at Redruth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should your engine fall sick at any hour, a letter to Soho brings a man on the next coach. Customers in Cornwall and the North are attended by erectors stationed there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-Jq6KSj\"] { margin-top: 96px; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-Jq6KSj\"] { margin-top: 56px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group g2 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 96px;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 56px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-Jq6KSj\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stack is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-iJwoGo\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-iJwoGo\">Bored True<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-imuMp6\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-2\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-imuMp6\">Cylinders that do not err the thickness of an old shilling.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The secret of an economical engine is a piston that fits its cylinder. Common foundries leave a gap one may put a finger in, and stuff it with hemp. Our cylinders are bored at Mr John Wilkinson\u2019s ironworks on his new boring mill, which holds the cutter steady on a bar running clean through the casting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result is steam kept where it belongs \u2014 and coal kept in your yard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-1q36Hz\"] { margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"mcgcs-tmc9nz-1q36Hz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-boring-cylinder.png\" alt=\"Ironworkers boring a huge cylinder by furnace light\" class=\"wp-image-626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-boring-cylinder.png 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-boring-cylinder-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-boring-cylinder-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-boring-cylinder-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"tariff\" class=\"wp-block-group full pad mcg-background-color-parchment is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group intro is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2r7xxqb\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2r7xxqb\">A Tariff of Engines<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw257m9xa\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw257m9xa\">Six engines for six trades. Every one made to measure.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead wp-block-paragraph\">No two pits and no two mills are alike, so no two of our engines are quite alike either. These are the patterns we build most often, with the prices at which we have lately erected them. Your own engine will be reckoned exactly after our survey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2mdjth6\"] { row-gap: 40px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group g3 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"row-gap: 40px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2mdjth6\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2jzpvxj\"] { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2jzpvxj\">\n<span class=\"bw-badge\">Most ordered<\/span>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2mtjsvb\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2mtjsvb\">For Mines<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2npq2yb\"] { margin: 0 0 12px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2npq2yb\">The Cornish<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2gfnb5e\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2gfnb5e\">A single-acting pumping engine of the largest size, for drowned copper and tin mines where the old engines can no longer keep the water down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\"><li><span>Cylinder<\/span><span><\/span><span>58 inches<\/span><\/li><li><span>Power<\/span><span><\/span><span>about 40 horses<\/span><\/li><li><span>Lifts water<\/span><span><\/span><span>from 80 fathoms<\/span><\/li><li><span>Strokes<\/span><span><\/span><span>11 a minute<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-price\" style=\"margin-top:24px\"><b>\u00a32,650<\/b><span>erected &amp; set to work<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2vsabxr\"] { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2vsabxr\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2324knh\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2324knh\">For Breweries<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2fwjkzv\"] { margin: 0 0 12px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2fwjkzv\">The Brewer<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw25jb348\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw25jb348\">A compact rotative engine with sun-and-planet wheels to grind malt, pump liquor and stir the mash, as at Mr Whitbread\u2019s great brewhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\"><li><span>Cylinder<\/span><span><\/span><span>24 inches<\/span><\/li><li><span>Power<\/span><span><\/span><span>10 horses<\/span><\/li><li><span>Drives<\/span><span><\/span><span>malt mill &amp; pumps<\/span><\/li><li><span>Fly-wheel<\/span><span><\/span><span>14 feet<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-price\" style=\"margin-top:24px\"><b>\u00a3780<\/b><span>erected &amp; set to work<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2wj88fq\"] { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2wj88fq\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw28djw93\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw28djw93\">For Cotton Mills<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw28ttus5\"] { margin: 0 0 12px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw28ttus5\">The Spinner<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw22q62xn\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw22q62xn\">A double-acting rotative engine with parallel motion and a heavy fly-wheel, for a steady, even motion to spinning frames and mules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\"><li><span>Cylinder<\/span><span><\/span><span>30 inches<\/span><\/li><li><span>Power<\/span><span><\/span><span>20 horses<\/span><\/li><li><span>Drives<\/span><span><\/span><span>about 4,000 spindles<\/span><\/li><li><span>Strokes<\/span><span><\/span><span>22 a minute<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-price\" style=\"margin-top:24px\"><b>\u00a31,380<\/b><span>erected, with main shafting<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2u63mps\"] { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2u63mps\">\n<span class=\"bw-badge\">As at Blackfriars<\/span>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2f2kgn9\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2f2kgn9\">For Corn Mills<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2tce4cq\"] { margin: 0 0 12px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2tce4cq\">The Albion<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2mjf3bj\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2mjf3bj\">A pair of double-acting engines on the plan of the Albion Mills at Blackfriars, grinding day and night for a city\u2019s bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\"><li><span>Cylinders<\/span><span><\/span><span>2 \u00d7 34 inches<\/span><\/li><li><span>Power<\/span><span><\/span><span>2 \u00d7 50 horses<\/span><\/li><li><span>Drives<\/span><span><\/span><span>20 pairs of millstones<\/span><\/li><li><span>Grinds<\/span><span><\/span><span>150 bushels an hour<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-price\" style=\"margin-top:24px\"><b>\u00a38,400<\/b><span>the pair, erected<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2u2qhsx\"] { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2u2qhsx\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2uxqp7d\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2uxqp7d\">For Ironworks<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw25ud2js\"] { margin: 0 0 12px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw25ud2js\">The Ironmaster<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2xj39w2\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2xj39w2\">A blowing engine to give the blast furnace a strong and constant wind, with a rotative side to work the forge hammer and rolling mill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\"><li><span>Blowing cylinder<\/span><span><\/span><span>72 inches<\/span><\/li><li><span>Power<\/span><span><\/span><span>about 40 horses<\/span><\/li><li><span>Works<\/span><span><\/span><span>furnace, hammer &amp; rolls<\/span><\/li><li><span>Blast<\/span><span><\/span><span>day &amp; night<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-price\" style=\"margin-top:24px\"><b>\u00a32,100<\/b><span>erected &amp; set to work<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw29yepcx\"] { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group plate is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw29yepcx\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2xwkdmj\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2xwkdmj\">For Small Manufactories<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ejabhb\"] { margin: 0 0 12px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ejabhb\">The Soho Small<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw24d4fba\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 18px; line-height: 1.6;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw24d4fba\">Our smallest rotative engine, for button makers, potters, snuff and paint mills, polishers and grinders \u2014 any master tired of feeding horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\"><li><span>Cylinder<\/span><span><\/span><span>14 inches<\/span><\/li><li><span>Power<\/span><span><\/span><span>4 horses<\/span><\/li><li><span>Replaces<\/span><span><\/span><span>about 10 mill horses<\/span><\/li><li><span>Space<\/span><span><\/span><span>a room of 20 feet<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-price\" style=\"margin-top:24px\"><b>\u00a3360<\/b><span>erected &amp; set to work<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw23qzjcy\"] { margin-top: 112px; align-items: start; }\n@container (max-width: 767px) { [data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw23qzjcy\"] { margin-top: 64px; } }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group g2 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 112px; align-items: start;\" data-sm-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 64px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw23qzjcy\">\n<div id=\"sundries\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2aa89ye\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-3\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2aa89ye\">Additions &amp; Sundries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Item<\/th><th>Price<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Survey of your site and reckoning of the work, by our engineer (remitted upon order)<\/td><td>10 guineas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Drawings for the engine-house, boiler-house and chimney<\/td><td>15 guineas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Conversion of a common fire-engine: separate condenser and air-pump fitted<\/td><td>from \u00a3450<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parallel motion fitted to an engine already at work<\/td><td>\u00a3140<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wrought-iron waggon boiler for an engine of 20 horses<\/td><td>\u00a3260<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yearly inspection and keeping contract<\/td><td>\u00a330 a year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Engine-keeper trained six weeks at Soho<\/td><td>8 guineas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Premium on pumping engines: one-third of the coals saved against a common engine<\/td><td>yearly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Premium on rotative engines, in lieu of the above<\/td><td>\u00a35 per horse a year<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ke3vwe\"] { font-style: italic; margin-top: 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-small mcg-color-smoke wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-style: italic; margin-top: 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ke3vwe\">A guinea is one pound and one shilling. Prices are for engines erected within a hundred miles of Soho; carriage beyond that at cost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-reck\"><h3>The Reckoner of Savings<\/h3><p>Set your engine as you would work it, and see what the separate condenser puts back in your purse each year.<\/p>\n<label>Power required <output id=\"bwo1\">20 horses<\/output><\/label><input id=\"bwi1\" type=\"range\" min=\"4\" max=\"100\" step=\"2\" value=\"20\" aria-label=\"Power in horses\">\n<label>Hours worked each day <output id=\"bwo2\">12 hours<\/output><\/label><input id=\"bwi2\" type=\"range\" min=\"6\" max=\"24\" step=\"1\" value=\"12\" aria-label=\"Hours per day\">\n<label>Price of coals per ton <output id=\"bwo3\">12 shillings<\/output><\/label><input id=\"bwi3\" type=\"range\" min=\"4\" max=\"30\" step=\"1\" value=\"12\" aria-label=\"Price of coals in shillings per ton\">\n<div class=\"bw-res\"><div><small>A common engine burns<\/small><strong id=\"bwr1\">\u2013<\/strong><\/div><div><small>Our engine burns<\/small><strong id=\"bwr2\">\u2013<\/strong><\/div><div><small>Our premium (\u2153 of saving)<\/small><strong id=\"bwr3\">\u2013<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"net\"><small>You keep, every year<\/small><strong id=\"bwr4\">\u2013<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:22px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#8a7f6e\">Reckoned on 300 working days, 25 lb of coals per horse an hour for a common engine and one-third of that for ours.<\/p><\/div>\n<script>(function(){var q=function(i){return document.getElementById(i)};function f(n){return Math.round(n).toLocaleString('en-GB')}function run(){var hp=+q('bwi1').value,h=+q('bwi2').value,s=+q('bwi3').value;q('bwo1').textContent=hp+' horses';q('bwo2').textContent=h+' hours';q('bwo3').textContent=s+' shillings';var old=hp*h*300*25\/2240,neu=old\/3,save=(old-neu)*s\/20;q('bwr1').textContent=f(old)+' tons';q('bwr2').textContent=f(neu)+' tons';q('bwr3').textContent='\u00a3'+f(save\/3);q('bwr4').textContent='\u00a3'+f(save*2\/3)}['bwi1','bwi2','bwi3'].forEach(function(i){q(i).addEventListener('input',run)});run()})();<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"works\" class=\"wp-block-group full pad mcg-background-color-soot is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group intro is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2zt57zg\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2zt57zg\">Engines at Work<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2246exn\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1 mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2246exn\">From the cliffs of Cornwall to the banks of the Thames.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\">Since our first two engines went to work in 1776 \u2014 at Bloomfield Colliery and at Mr Wilkinson\u2019s furnace at New Willey \u2014 our engines have been raised in pits, mills and brewhouses across the kingdom. A few of them:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2w2fj8n\"] { row-gap: 48px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group g4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"row-gap: 48px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2w2fj8n\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2u3p3xj\"] { margin: 0 0 22px; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2u3p3xj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cornish-engine-house.png\" alt=\"A Cornish engine house and smoking chimney on a sea cliff at sunset\" class=\"wp-image-629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cornish-engine-house.png 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cornish-engine-house-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cornish-engine-house-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cornish-engine-house-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2amp3ce\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 17px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 17px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2amp3ce\">Wheal Busy, Cornwall \u00b7 1778<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2vguqkj\"] { margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 22px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2vguqkj\">The Copper Mines<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2axghwx\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.65; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.65;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2axghwx\">Our first engine in Cornwall, where coal comes dear by sea and the saving in fuel is felt the most. The adventurers now pay us their premium gladly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2mty9y9\"] { margin: 0 0 22px; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2mty9y9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cotton-mill.png\" alt=\"A long cotton mill hall with spinning frames driven by overhead shafting\" class=\"wp-image-628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cotton-mill.png 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cotton-mill-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cotton-mill-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-cotton-mill-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw28bket7\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 17px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 17px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw28bket7\">Papplewick, Notts. \u00b7 1785<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2p3jkkz\"] { margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 22px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2p3jkkz\">Mr Robinson\u2019s Cotton Mill<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2nnf36y\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.65; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.65;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2nnf36y\">The first cotton mill in the kingdom to spin by one of our engines, pumping no water back over a wheel but turning the mill direct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw296z8cp\"] { margin: 0 0 22px; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw296z8cp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-sun-and-planet.png\" alt=\"Iron gear wheels and a connecting rod turning in steam and lamplight\" class=\"wp-image-627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-sun-and-planet.png 1344w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-sun-and-planet-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-sun-and-planet-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-sun-and-planet-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2dxtqb8\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 17px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 17px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2dxtqb8\">Chiswell Street, London \u00b7 1785<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2myp4eu\"] { margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 22px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2myp4eu\">Mr Whitbread\u2019s Brewhouse<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2wyx3jc\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.65; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.65;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2wyx3jc\">A rotative engine of sun-and-planet motion grinds the malt and pumps the liquor where once a whole stable of horses walked in a ring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw26v4qg4\"] { margin: 0 0 22px; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw26v4qg4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1653\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-albion-mills.jpg\" alt=\"Engraving of the Albion Flour Mills on the Thames at Blackfriars\" class=\"wp-image-633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-albion-mills.jpg 1653w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-albion-mills-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-albion-mills-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-albion-mills-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-albion-mills-1536x866.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1653px) 100vw, 1653px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ndqjka\"] { margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 17px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 17px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ndqjka\">Blackfriars, London \u00b7 1786<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2kseqt4\"] { margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 22px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 22px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2kseqt4\">The Albion Mills<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2r9wgn5\"] { font-size: 15px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.65; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-size: 15px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.65;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2r9wgn5\">Two engines of fifty horses each, grinding corn for the metropolis by day and night. 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Watt\u2019s Improvements<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2uqk4t3\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2uqk4t3\">Six reasons our engines burn a third of the coals.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"bw-imp\"><li><b>The separate condenser<\/b><span>Steam is condensed in a vessel apart from the cylinder, which is kept always hot within its steam jacket. The great part of the coal is saved. Patent of 1769.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Sun-and-planet motion<\/b><span>A wheel fixed to the connecting rod runs round a wheel on the fly-wheel shaft, turning it twice for every stroke. The engine turns mills directly. Patent of 1781.<\/span><\/li><li><b>The double-acting engine<\/b><span>Steam is admitted above and below the piston in turn, so the engine pushes as well as pulls and does twice the work in the same cylinder. Patent of 1782.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Expansive working<\/b><span>Steam is cut off early in the stroke and left to do its work by expanding, saving yet more coal.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Parallel motion<\/b><span>An ingenious linkage of rods that guides the head of the piston rod in a straight line while the beam moves in an arc. Patent of 1784.<\/span><\/li><li><b>The horse-power reckoned<\/b><span>So that a buyer may know what he is paying for, Mr Watt has fixed the work of one horse at 33,000 pounds raised one foot in a minute.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"situations\" class=\"wp-block-group full pad mcg-background-color-parchment is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group intro is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2pf8sxc\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-copper wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2pf8sxc\">Situations Vacant<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw22f4ebu\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw22f4ebu\">Wanted at Soho: sober, ingenious and industrious men.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Our engine trade grows faster than we can train hands for it. We offer steady wages, honest masters and a share in the most interesting work in England.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bw-jobs\"><details><summary><span>Engine Erector<\/span><em>Cornwall &amp; the North \u00b7 25s. a week, with travelling charges<\/em><\/summary><div class=\"bw-jb\"><div><p>To travel with the parts of new engines, raise and fit them on the customer\u2019s ground, and remain until each engine works to the satisfaction of the proprietor and our engineer.<\/p><ul><li>Seven years at the millwright\u2019s or smith\u2019s trade<\/li><li>Able to read a drawing and keep a plain account<\/li><li>Willing to lodge away from home for months together<\/li><\/ul><\/div><aside><b>Place<\/b><p>Soho, then Redruth or the North<\/p><b>Apply<\/b><p>By letter to Mr Boulton, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham \u2014 or <a href=\"#correspond\">correspond with us<\/a>.<\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/details><details><summary><span>Pattern Maker<\/span><em>Soho Manufactory \u00b7 18s. a week<\/em><\/summary><div class=\"bw-jb\"><div><p>To make in good pine the patterns from which our cylinders, beams, wheels and cisterns are cast, exactly after Mr Watt\u2019s drawings.<\/p><ul><li>A first-rate joiner with a true eye<\/li><li>Understanding of shrinkage and draught in casting<\/li><li>Sober and regular in attendance<\/li><\/ul><\/div><aside><b>Place<\/b><p>Soho Manufactory<\/p><b>Apply<\/b><p>By letter to Mr Watt, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham \u2014 or <a href=\"#correspond\">correspond with us<\/a>.<\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/details><details><summary><span>Draughtsman &amp; Copying Clerk<\/span><em>Drawing office, Soho \u00b7 \u00a360 a year<\/em><\/summary><div class=\"bw-jb\"><div><p>To draw out engines and engine-houses from Mr Watt\u2019s sketches, and to keep the letter-books by the new copying press.<\/p><ul><li>A fair hand and a clean line<\/li><li>Some knowledge of geometry and mensuration<\/li><li>Discretion: the drawings are our patent<\/li><\/ul><\/div><aside><b>Place<\/b><p>Soho Manufactory<\/p><b>Apply<\/b><p>By letter to Mr Watt, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham \u2014 or <a href=\"#correspond\">correspond with us<\/a>.<\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/details><details><summary><span>Brass Founder &amp; Fitter<\/span><em>Soho Manufactory \u00b7 20s. a week<\/em><\/summary><div class=\"bw-jb\"><div><p>To cast, turn and fit the valves, nozzles, cocks and working gear of our engines, where an error of a hair means a leak of steam.<\/p><ul><li>Experienced in brass casting and turning<\/li><li>Used to working to gauges<\/li><li>Able to direct two labourers<\/li><\/ul><\/div><aside><b>Place<\/b><p>Soho Manufactory<\/p><b>Apply<\/b><p>By letter to Mr Boulton, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham \u2014 or <a href=\"#correspond\">correspond with us<\/a>.<\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/details><details><summary><span>Engine-Keeper (to be trained)<\/span><em>At our customers\u2019 works \u00b7 15s. a week, paid by the proprietor<\/em><\/summary><div class=\"bw-jb\"><div><p>To be taught six weeks at Soho and then take charge of one of our engines: firing, oiling, packing the piston and keeping the engine\u2019s counter honest.<\/p><ul><li>Steady, careful and not given to drink<\/li><li>Able to read and write<\/li><li>Prepared to live by the engine-house<\/li><\/ul><\/div><aside><b>Place<\/b><p>Wherever the engine is<\/p><b>Apply<\/b><p>By letter to Mr Boulton, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham \u2014 or <a href=\"#correspond\">correspond with us<\/a>.<\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/details><details><summary><span>Clerk of the Premium Accounts<\/span><em>Counting-house, Soho \u00b7 \u00a370 a year<\/em><\/summary><div class=\"bw-jb\"><div><p>To read the stroke counters fitted to our engines, reckon the coal saved by each, and draw up the premium accounts due from mines and mills.<\/p><ul><li>Quick and exact at figures<\/li><li>Firm but civil with mine captains<\/li><li>A good hand for the ledgers<\/li><\/ul><\/div><aside><b>Place<\/b><p>Soho Manufactory, with journeys<\/p><b>Apply<\/b><p>By letter to Mr Boulton, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham \u2014 or <a href=\"#correspond\">correspond with us<\/a>.<\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/details><details><summary><span>Apprentice Fitters<\/span><em>Soho Manufactory \u00b7 seven years, with board &amp; lodging<\/em><\/summary><div class=\"bw-jb\"><div><p>For youths of good character who would learn the new trade of engine-making from the foundry floor to the finished engine.<\/p><ul><li>A recommendation from a respectable person<\/li><li>Some schooling in arithmetic<\/li><li>Curiosity, patience and clean hands<\/li><\/ul><\/div><aside><b>Place<\/b><p>Soho Manufactory<\/p><b>Apply<\/b><p>By letter to Mr Boulton, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham \u2014 or <a href=\"#correspond\">correspond with us<\/a>.<\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ynxtd8\"] { align-items: start; }<\/style>\n<section id=\"correspond\" class=\"wp-block-group full pad g2 mcg-background-color-iron is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"align-items: start;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ynxtd8\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stack is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw24wygdr\"] { margin: 0 0 18px; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-typo-eyebrow mcg-color-brass wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 18px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw24wygdr\">Correspond with the Firm<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2gyb7k3\"] { margin-top: 0; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-1 mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2gyb7k3\">Tell us your work. We will tell you your engine.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\">Write to us with the particulars of your mine, mill or manufactory. Mr Watt or one of our engineers will reply with a reckoning of the engine required, its price and the coals it will save. Gentlemen wishing to see engines at work at Soho may call on Tuesdays and Fridays.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2q7yv9a\"] { border-left: 2px solid rgb(191 145 66); padding-left: 22px; margin: 12px 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"border-left: 2px solid rgb(191 145 66); padding-left: 22px; margin: 12px 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2q7yv9a\">\n<p class=\"mcg-color-cream wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Boulton &amp; Watt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\">Soho Manufactory, Handsworth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mcg-color-parchment wp-block-paragraph\">near Birmingham, Warwickshire<\/p>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ebgpca\"] { font-style: italic; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"mcg-color-smoke wp-block-paragraph\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2ebgpca\">Letters by the Birmingham mail, daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw24wcyyk\"] { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px; margin-top: 36px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px; margin-top: 36px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw24wcyyk\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons btn-brass is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:engines@boultonandwatt.example?subject=Enquiry%20for%20an%20engine\">Write to Soho<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons btn-line is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#tariff\">Revisit the Tariff<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2a33nrx\"] { margin: 0; }<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image frame\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2a33nrx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-parts-still-life.png\" alt=\"Brass valve, iron gear wheel and drafting instruments on an oak workbench\" class=\"wp-image-625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-parts-still-life.png 960w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-parts-still-life-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-parts-still-life-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bw-parts-still-life-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2h5k6hu\"] { margin-top: 28px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin-top: 28px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw2h5k6hu\"><style>[data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw25hztjv\"] { margin: 0 0 12px; }<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mcg-typo-h-4 mcg-color-cream\" data-default-mcg-custom-styles=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\" data-mcg-custom-style-id=\"bw25hztjv\">To quote you an engine, we shall want:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bw-spec\" style=\"color:#e4d6b8\"><li>The work: water to be raised, or millstones, spindles or hammers to be driven<\/li><li>The depth of the pit, or the size of the mill<\/li><li>Hours to be worked in a day<\/li><li>The price of coals delivered at your works<\/li><li>Whether an old engine stands that may be converted<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soho Manufactory \u00b7 Handsworth, near Birmingham \u00b7 Anno 1786 Power, made to order. We design, cast, bore, erect and keep in good order the improved steam engines of Mr Watt\u2019s patent \u2014 for mines, mills, breweries, ironworks and every manufactory that will no longer wait upon the wind or the river. 1775Partnership sealed at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-635","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639,"href":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635\/revisions\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testdrive.vonblock.com\/boulton-watt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}