What is recorded here
Near this spot in 1776 the first commercial steam engine to design of James Watt 1736-1819 was erected by Boulton and Watt to pump water from Bloomfield Colliery.
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- Recorded date
- 2019-03-13
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- Christopher Hilton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ian S, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Edward Hunt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Unknown Unknown, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Graham Flint, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tony Hisgett, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John Firth, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rudi Winter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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