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Expand 1 - Records of Boulton & Watt and Successor Firms - 1766 - 19191 - Records of Boulton & Watt and Successor Firms - 1766 - 1919
Expand 2 - Legal Records - 1766 - 18512 - Legal Records - 1766 - 1851
Expand 3 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 18953 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 1895
Expand 4 - PRODUCTION RECORDS - 1774 - 18954 - PRODUCTION RECORDS - 1774 - 1895
Expand 5 - DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES - 1775 - 19045 - DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES - 1775 - 1904
Expand 6 - DRAWINGS - "AVERY" PORTFOLIOS - 1815 - 19036 - DRAWINGS - "AVERY" PORTFOLIOS - 1815 - 1903
Collapse 7 - DRAWINGS - 'SCIENCE MUSEUM' PORTFOLIOS - 1797 - 19197 - DRAWINGS - 'SCIENCE MUSEUM' PORTFOLIOS - 1797 - 1919
1 - Centrifugal and Other Pumps, Shill’s Pulveriser - 1865-1892
1a - Main and Centrifugal Pumps, 1865, 1868, 1874, 1877—1879, 1881—1885, 1887—1890 (56 items). - 1865-1890
1b - Suction and Delivery Valves, 1878, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1892 (12 items). - 1878-1892
1c - Shill’s Pulveriser, 1883, 1884 - 1883-1884
2 - Banbury, Indian Midland Railway, Wethered, Brighton, Southwark, Newark - late 19th cent.
2a - Banbury Water Works, Mar., Apr., Aug.-Oct. 1893 - 1893
2b - Indian Midland Railway, Nov 1891, Jan 1892 (30 items). - 1891-1892
2c - Thomas Wethered & Sons, Great Marlow, 1891 - February 1891
2d - Brighton Water Works, Patcham, Nov - Dec 1894 - 1894
2e - Southwark & Vauxhall Water Co., Streatham Works, 1893, 1894 (26 items). - 1893-1894
2f - Newark Water Works, Oct. 1893, 1894 (20 items). - 1893-1894
2g - Miscellaneous Unidentified Drawings (8 items). - nd [late 19th cent.]
3 - Hydraulic Press and 9 Inch Hoop Mill - 1865-1883
3a - New Wildberg Mines, 1873 (3 items). - 1873
3b - W. C. Stiff, Birmingham. 1878—1880, 1882, 1883 (34 items). - 1878-1883
3c - The Majorca Land Co., 1880 (3 items). - 1880
3d - Miscellaneous and Unidentified Drawings. 1865, 1871, 1875, 1876 (18 items). - 1865-1876
4 - Beams, 1801, 1805, 1807, 1815, 1871, 1885, 1889 (8 items). - 1801-1889
5 - Birkenhead Water Works, circa 1861—1862, 1865 (7 items). - 1861-1865
6 - Birmingham Water Works, Perry Barr, 1869, 1870 (10 items). - 1869-1870
7 - Boilers, 1842, 1864, 1880, 1883, 1886, 1887, 1889 (11 items). - 1842-1889
8 - Bombay Mint and Bombay New Mint, 1862, 1877, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1890 (20 items). - 1862-1890
9a - Chatham Dockyard, 1836 (3 items). - 1836
9b - Chatham Dockyard, 1841 (5 items). - 1841
9c - Chatham Dockyard, 1842, 1848 (12 items). - 1842-1848
10 - Colne Valley Water Works, 1885 (1 item). - 1885
11 - Cylinders, 1807, 1819, 1850, 1871,1877, 1880—1883, 1885, 1890 (21 items). - 1807-1890
12 - John Darlington, 1880 (13 items). - 1880
13 - Exhaust and Steam Cams etc., 1874, 1876, 1879, 1889, 1890 (7 items). - 1874-1890
14 - Float Gear, 1884, 1893, 1894 (3 items). - 1884-1894
15 - Fly Wheels, 1880, 1883, 1885, 1889 (6 items). - 1880-1889
16 - Furnaces, 1879, 1888, 1893 (8 items). - 1879-1893
17 - Governors and Governor Gearing, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1887 (9 items). - 1881-1887
18 - Great Grimsby Water Works, 1881 (4 items). - 1881
19 - Hartlepool Graving Dock, 1883 (12 items). - 1883
20 - Alfred Hickman, Wolverhampton, 1889, 1892 (15 items). - 1889-1892
21 - Hull Dock Co., No. 2 Graving Dock, 1883 (1 item). - 1883
22 - J. C. & W. Lord (Order Nos. 204, 250), 1893 (15 items). - 1893
23 - Mint Machinery, circa 1853—1854, 1863, 1870—1873, 1875, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1890, 1893 (42 items). - 1853-1893
24 - Miscellaneous Drawings – Engines and Engine Parts, 1802, 1815, 1819, 1833, 1842, 1852, 1857, 1863, 1870, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1888—1892 (47 items). - 1802-1892
25 - Miscellaneous Drawings – Other Machinery, 1863, 1873, 1875, 1879, 1881, 1888, 1890, 1893, 1904 (19 items). - 1863-1904
26 - Miscellaneous Drawings – Steam Boats, 1813, 1814, 1831, 1840, 1858, 1859, 1863, 1881, 1884, 1887, 1892, 1893 (21 items). - 1813-1893
27 - Miscellaneous Letters, Memoranda, Specifications and Other Papers, 1875, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1919 (8 items). - 1875-1919
28 - Miscellaneous Other Firms and Engineers’ Products and Drawings, 1852, 1860, 1874, 1880, 1883, 1936 (16 items). - 1852-1936
29 - Parallel Motions, 1846, 1851, 1877, 1881, 1882, 1887, 1889, 1894 (18 items). - 1846-1894
30 - Portsmouth Dockyard Extension, 1873, 1874 (2 items). - 1873-1874
31 - Portsmouth Sewage Outfall, Eastney, 1886 (1 item). - 1886
32 - Rolling Mill Engines and Rolling Mills, 1850, 1858, 1871, 1874, 1876, 1879, 1881, 1883 (17 items). - 1850-1883
33 - Royal Albert Dock, London, 1883 - 1883
34 - Safety Valves, Sluice Valves, Stop Valves, 1887 - 1889 - 1887 - 1889
35 - Slide Valves, Steam Valves, Valve Gear etc., 1877, 1883, 1887, 1889, 1890 - 1877-1890
36a - Soho Mint, Soho Foundry, 1851, 1855 - Aug 1851-May 1855
36b - Soho Mint, Soho Foundry, Jun., Jul. 1860, Jan. 1861, Aug., Oct. 1874, Jul. 1875 - 1860- 1875
37 - Wheels, 1881, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1893 - 1881- 1893
38 - Woolwich Dockyard, 1843 - November 1843
39 - Woolwich Smithery, Forge Engine - 1811 - 1815
40 - Working Gear and Nozzles, 1875, 1877, 1882, 1889, 1890, 1894 - 1875- 1894
Expand 8 - Staff and Employment Records - 1784-18888 - Staff and Employment Records - 1784-1888
Expand 9 - Premises Records - 1783-18949 - Premises Records - 1783-1894
Expand 10 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MATERIAL - 1776 - 189610 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MATERIAL - 1776 - 1896
Expand 11 - Miscellaneous Non-Engineering Business Material - 1761-c.185011 - Miscellaneous Non-Engineering Business Material - 1761-c.1850
Expand 12 - RECORDS OF THE BOULTON, WATT & CO. LONDON OFFICE - 1818 - 188512 - RECORDS OF THE BOULTON, WATT & CO. LONDON OFFICE - 1818 - 1885
Expand 12 - Records of the Boulton Watt & Co. London Office - 1818-188512 - Records of the Boulton Watt & Co. London Office - 1818-1885
Expand 13 - LONDON OFFICE LETTERS OF ADVICE - 1828 - 183713 - LONDON OFFICE LETTERS OF ADVICE - 1828 - 1837
Expand 14 - London Office Financial Records  - 1835-188314 - London Office Financial Records - 1835-1883
Expand 15 - LONDON OFFICE SURVEY OF STEAM POWER IN THE NORTH EAST, 1835 - 183515 - LONDON OFFICE SURVEY OF STEAM POWER IN THE NORTH EAST, 1835 - 1835
16 - London Office Miscellaneous Papers - 1817-1881
Expand 17-20 - Records of James Watt & Co - 1779 - 185117-20 - Records of James Watt & Co - 1779 - 1851
18 - James Watt & Co. Legal Records - 1779-1780
Expand 21-25 - Records of French Walls Iron & Steel Works - 1816 - 186621-25 - Records of French Walls Iron & Steel Works - 1816 - 1866
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26 - M.R.Boulton, J. Watt & Co. Financial and Legal Records - 1804 - 1836
26-30 - Records of M. R. Boulton J. Watt & Co. - 1771-1840
Expand 27 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Correspondence - 1816-184027 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Correspondence - 1816-1840
Expand 28 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of William and Charlotte Matthews - 1771-183028 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of William and Charlotte Matthews - 1771-1830
Expand 29 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of Joseph Taylor and Taylor Campbell & Bowden - 1804-181329 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of Joseph Taylor and Taylor Campbell & Bowden - 1804-1813
Expand 30 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of John Woodward - 1803-181230 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of John Woodward - 1803-1812
31 - Material added by George Tangye - 1857 -1915
32 - Material added by Birmingham Library - 1784 - 1977

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