Soho Foundry
Soho Foundry is a factory created in 1795 by Matthew Boulton and James Watt and their sons Matthew Robinson Boulton and James Watt Jr. at Smethwick, West Midlands, England, for the manufacture of steam engines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Black Patch Park and The Hawthorns.
Black Patch Park
Park
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Black Patch Park is a park in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It is bounded by Foundry Lane, Woodburn Road, Perrott Street and Kitchener Street, at grid reference SP038888. Black Patch Park is situated 660 feet east of Soho Foundry.
The Hawthorns
Stadium
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The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, in the Black Country borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 27,087. The Hawthorns is situated 1 mile northwest of Soho Foundry.
Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Winson Green
Church
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Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Winson Green is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Winson Green, Birmingham. Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Winson Green is situated 1,800 feet east of Soho Foundry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winson Green and Cape Hill.
Winson Green
Suburb
Winson Green is a loosely defined inner-city area in the west of the city of Birmingham, England. It is part of the ward of Soho. It is the location of HM Prison Birmingham and of City Hospital as well as of the former All Saints' Hospital.
Cape Hill
Town
Cape Hill is an area of Smethwick, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, 2+3⁄4 miles west of Birmingham City Centre. The area includes Waterloo Road near Shireland Collegiate Academy and the High Street near Victoria Park; it borders Birmingham at the A457 Dudley Road.
Smethwick
Town
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Smethwick is an industrial town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It lies 4 miles west of Birmingham city centre. Historically it was in Staffordshire and then Worcestershire before being placed into West Midlands county.
Soho Foundry
- Type: Building
- Description: Historical factory in Smethwick, England
- Category: foundry
- Location: Sandwell, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.49739° or 52° 29′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.94795° or 1° 56′ 53″ westElevation
486 feet (148 metres)Open location code
9C4WF3W2+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 124753639OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Soho Foundry” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “索霍铸造厂”
- German: “Soho Foundry”
- Japanese: “ソーホー鋳造所”
- Spanish: “Soho Foundry”
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