Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1: INTRODUCTIONChapter 2: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SOHO MANUFACTORY AND MINT  Chapter 3: THE SOHO MILL Chapter 4: THE MANUFACTORY ENGINE WORKSChapter 5: THE SOHO MINTChapter 6: THE SOHO MANUFACTORY AND MINT SITE AFTER Chapter 7: THE SOHO FOUNDRY  Chapter 9: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THREE SOHOS Appendix 1: THE ARCHEOLOGOCAL EXCAVATIONS (1994-1996)Appendix 2: THE SOHO BUSINESSESAppendix 3: BIOGRAPHIES Acknowledgements  Bibliography  Index

About the Author

George Demidowicz, FSA, is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History, University of Birmingham.

Reviews

'This is a magnificent work that synthesises much unpublished material to cover a largely neglected topic... I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anybody interested in Boulton and Watt, historical manufacturing buildings, power system development or steam engine manufacture.'
Chris Allen, International Stationary Steam Engine Society Bulletin

'[The Soho Manufactory, Mint and Foundry, West Midlands] clarif[ies] this fascinating story on a comprehensive scale and in a definitive manner, while also indicating new lines of research in the future.'
James Douet, Industrial Archaeology Review

'It would be no surprise if the book were a lifetime's work. It is certainly an achievement which the author and Historic England can be proud of in its attention to detail and comprehensiveness.'
John Hinchcliffe, Context

‘Based on archival research, archaeology and landscape studies, the author has created an original and informative publication… This is a beautifully illustrated book which contains scores of images, most in full colour including maps, prints and photographs. It is a major piece of research and a tribute to Demidowicz’s dedication, energy and scholarship.’ Malcolm Dick, Midland History

'Demidowicz dedicates equal amounts of attention to all three phases of the history of the Soho works, providing detailed biographies of the three sites over the entirety of their operations and demonstrating how the once cutting-edge Soho enterprises each entered a period of decline... He likewise captures the incremental nature of technological innovation at Soho... (Demidowicz) supplies a rich sense of the hybrid of hand and mechanized processes involved in early industrial enterprises, in which human muscles, simple tools, steam engines, and “hand- or foot- operated machines” worked in concert.' Christopher Ferguson, Technology and Culture

'The book is not primarily a study of the three individuals who are central to the book... but an analysis of the evolution of sites and buildings. Based on archival research, archaeology and landscape studies, the author has created an original and informative publication... It is a major piece of research and a tribute to Demidowicz’s dedication, energy, and scholarship.' Malcolm Dick, Midland History