The Soho Manufactory (grid reference SP051890), not to be confused with the Soho Foundry, was an early factory which pioneered mass production on the assembly line principle, in Soho, Birmingham, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude Soho Foundry (not to be confused with the Soho Manufactory) was a Factory created in 1795 by Matthew Boulton and James Watt at Smethwick A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial Building where workers manufacture goods Mass production (also called flow production, repetitive flow production, series production, or serial production) is the production of An assembly line is a Manufacturing process in which parts (usually Interchangeable parts) are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned Soho is an area in north west Birmingham, approximately 2 miles from the City Centre on the A41, which until 1911 formed part of Handsworth District England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
The factory was established by the toy manufacturer Matthew Boulton and his business partner John Fothergill. The toy industry was the term used to describe a number of Metalworking industries that produced small goods hinges buttons belt buckles and hooks are all examples of goods Matthew Boulton ( September 3, 1728 &ndash 18 August 1809) was an English Manufacturer and Engineer. John Fothergill (1730 - 1782 was a merchant from Birmingham, England. In 1761, they leased a site on Handsworth Heath, containing a cottage and a water-driven metal-rolling mill. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Handsworth ( is an inner city suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. The mill was replaced by a new factory, designed and built by the Wyatt family of Lichfield, and completed in 1766. Lichfield is a city and Civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The cottage was later demolished and Boulton's home (Soho House) was built on the site, also by the Wyatts. Soho House, Matthew Boulton 's home (from 1766 until he died in 1809 in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, is now a Museum (opened
The manufactory produced a wide range of goods from buttons, buckles and boxes to japanned ware (collectively caled toys), and later luxury products such as silverware and ormolu (a type of gilded bronze). In Clothing and Fashion design, a button is a small plastic or metal disc- or knob-shaped typically round object usually attached to an article of Clothing A buckle (from Latin buccula) is a Clasp used for fastening two things together such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a In a general sense lacquer is a clear or coloured Varnish, that dries by solvent evaporation and often a curing process as well that produces a hard durable finish in any Ormolu (from French or moulu, signifying gold ground or pounded is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground high-karat gold to an object in bronze Bronze is any of a broad range of Copper alloys, usually with Tin as the main additive but sometimes with other elements such as Phosphorus It was also home to the first steam-powered mint. Uses A Steam engine uses the expansion of steam in order to drive a Piston or Turbine to perform Mechanical work. A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures Coins for Currency.
The manufactory was demolished in the middle of the 19th century and the site used for housing. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar In the 1990s the television archaeology programme "Time Team" excavated the foundations, in some of the local back gardens. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos Time Team is a British television series that has aired on Channel 4 since 1994
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References
A History of Birmingham, Chris Upton, 1993, ISBN 0-85033-870-0
Soho Foundry (not to be confused with the Soho Manufactory) was a Factory created in 1795 by Matthew Boulton and James Watt at Smethwick Soho Mint was created by Matthew Boulton in 1778 in his Soho Manufactory ( in Handsworth West Midlands, England.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic