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James Watt 2019
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Crofton Pumping Station

Crofton Pumping Station

Crofton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3DW

Website

Collection details: 

• Industrial Heritage site with working Boulton and Watt engines

Henry Ford Museum

Henry Ford Museum

The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn MI 48124-5029

Website

Collection details: 

• Replica of a 1788 Watt & Boulton steam engine made by Charles Summerfield, London, England in 1932

London Museum of Water and Steam

London Museum of Water and Steam

Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, London TW8 0EN

Website

Collection details:

• Houses Boulton and Watt engine that was installed at the Grand Junction Waterworks Co and then Kew Bridge

The McManus Museum

The McManus Museum

Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside Dundee DD1 1DA

Website

Collection details:

• Houses a model of the beam engine which was used to drive the machinery at Douglasfield Bleachfield and made at the Boulton and Watt foundry

National Museum of Scotland

National Museum of Scotland

Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF

Website

Collection details:

• Houses various working parts assembled to form one of James Watt's original Sun and Planet engines, in use until 1885 at Barclay and Perkins Brewery, Southwark, London, built by the Boulton and Watt foundry

Powerhouse Museum

Powerhouse Museum

500 Harris St Ultimo NSW 2007 Australia

Website

Collection details:

• Houses the Boulton and Watt engine from Whitbread’s

Science Museum London

Science Museum London

Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD

Website

Collection details:

• Houses four Boulton and Watt engines, which is the largest collection of fullsized engines:

- The Lap engine of 1788

- 'Old Bess' of 1777 (both used at Soho)

- Maud's rotative engine of 1797, o A unique bellcrank engine of c1810

Thinktank

Thinktank

Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG

Website

Collection details: 

• Houses the Smethwick engine

Verdant Works Museum

Verdant Works Museum

Verdant Works, West Henderson’s Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT

Website

Collection details:

• Houses a rotative beam engine that was ordered from Boulton and Watt in Birmingham in February 1801.

• The engine was used to turn machinery at the Douglasfield Bleachworks, located on the River Dighty just outside Dundee.

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London Museum of Water and Steam
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Science Museum London
Thinktank
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Header image: Boulton & Watt engine, 1804. Reproduced with the permission of the Library of Birmingham