Boulton and Watt

Boulton and Watt
Company typeGeneral partnership
IndustryEngineering, manufacturing
Founded1775 (1775)
in Birmingham, England
Founder
Defunctc. 1895
Key people
ProductsSteam engines (stationary and marine)
ServicesEngineering consulting

Boulton & Watt was an early British engineering and manufacturing firm in the business of designing and making marine and stationary steam engines. Founded in the English West Midlands around Birmingham in 1775 as a partnership between the English manufacturer Matthew Boulton and the Scottish engineer James Watt, the firm had a major role in the Industrial Revolution and grew to be a major producer of steam engines in the 19th century.


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