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	Smethwick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1966, Smethwick was merged with the boroughs of Oldbury and Rowley Regis to form the new County Borough of Warley.
		Smethwick is served by trains on both the "Stour Valley" (former LMS) and (former) and GWR lines from Birmingham New Street railway station and Birmingham Snow Hill station, respectively serving Wolverhampton and Worcester, with onward connections.
		In 1966, Smethwick ceased to be a single County Borough and was absorbed into the new County Borough of Warley, geographically although not administratively in Worcestershire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smethwick (978 words)

	The Community of Smethwick
		Smethwick was orginally an Anglo Saxon settlement, and a hamlet in the parish of Harborne.
		Smethwick was rapidly expanding and the arrival of the railways in 1852 put Smethwick firmly on the map.
		Smethwick had to adjust to this change and housing and new facilities were built to replace the industrial wasteland that factory closures had left behind.
	www.birminghamuk.com /smethwick.htm (501 words)

	Steam Engines of the Eighteenth Century - The Smethwick Engine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Smethwick Engine is first engine in the world to use a principle which became synonymous with James Watt.
		James Watt took out a patent for this idea which was applied to the Smethwick Engine.The engine at Smethwick became the first engine in the world to use both the expansive force of steam and a vacuum at the same time.
		The powering cylinder of this engine was 32 inches in diameter and the piston made a stroke of 8 feet.
	www.btinternet.com /~historical.engines/smethwick.htm (425 words)

	Smethwick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Smethwick is a town adjacent to Birmingham and West Bromwich in England.
		Smethwick is served by trains on both the Stour Valley (former LMS) and (former) and Great Western Railway lines from Birmingham New Street railway station and Birmingham Snow Hill station, respectively serving Wolverhampton and Worcester, with onward connections.
		In 1966, Smethwick ceased to be a single County Borough and was absorbed into the new County Borough of Warley in Worcestershire.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Towns-in-the-West-Midlands/Smethwick.html (801 words)

	oldenglish
		The name "Smethwick" derives from Anglo-Saxon and, although it was once thought to mean "the smith's dwelling", modern place-name experts interpret it as "The settlement on the smooth land".
		The foundations of one of James Watt's beam engines "The Smethwick Engine" can be seen in Bridge Street, Smethwick, while the engine itself will soon be on display at The Think Tank, Digbeth.Boulton and Watt were both members of the famous Lunar Society which met at Boulton's house nearby.
		William Murdock, the pioneer of gas lighting, was the Chief Engineer at the Soho Foundry.
	www.dumbleton-williams.fsnet.co.uk /oldenglish.html (594 words)

	birds in the tree. locations»england»smethwick. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The name "Smethwick" derives from Anglo-Saxon and is thought to mean "The settlement on the smooth land".
		Three eminent civil engineers contributed to this: firstly James Brindley in 1769, whose design was improved upon by John Smeaton in 1790, and finally Thomas Telford in 1829.
		Smethwick's reputation for engineering continued to grow, as did the size of its population which by 1901 had grown astonishingly, from 1,097 in 1801 to 54,539.
	www.birdsinthetree.com /locations/smethwick.php (386 words)

	Powered by Steam: The Steam Engine 1780-1830
		These engines were well suited to driving the textile mills, and they comprised over 60 percent of the approximately 500 engines built by Boulton and Watt before 1800.
		We cannot engage to furnish the engine in less than six months after the date of the order and it may take five weeks to put it together when every thing is upon the spot.
		Working to the limits of engineering practice at the time, they were handicapped by a lack of skilled labour, mirroring the situation elsewhere in the nascent engineering industry.
	www.fathom.com /course/21701780/session2.html (1050 words)

	GENUKI: Smethwick
		"Smethwick, a large and populous manufacturing hamlet, forms the northern division of Harborne parish, and is distant from three to four miles W by N of Birmingham, near the Dudley road, the Birmingham Canal, and the Stour Valley Railway which has a station here.
		The Wesleyan Methodist's first chapel in Smethwick was at the French Walls, replaced by a new chapel in Rabone Lane in 1826.
		The Roman Catholic church in Smethwick was founded by members of the Oratory in Hagley Road.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/STS/Smethwick (755 words)

	Digital Handsworth - Search Themes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This drawing is of a single-acting engine with a 63 in...
		A rare drawing of the 'Smethwick Engine' which is now housed in the Thinktank museum.
		The engine erected at Henry Goodwyn & Co.’s brewery in East Smithfield,...
	www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk /engine/theme?theme=105 (409 words)

	%3C Smethwick at Local.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Summit Bridge, on the canal, near Galton Hall (the residence of John Freeth, Esq) is a neat iron structure of one arch.
		Smethwick or to more preciese boasts two establishments, one in the Hagley Rd. and a very popular one more discreetly located in a flat off an alley between shops in the High St.
		The beginning: Originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement, Smethwick was an insignificant hamlet in the parish of Harborne, Staffordshire, for most of its existence.
	www.local.co.uk /Smethwick/< (501 words)

	Steam Engines of the Eighteenth Century - Introduction Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although these engines are usually grouped together and called steam engines, they were not steam engines at all.
		The engine houses are built from real bricks at a reduced scale of 1/16 the full size.
		To complete the structures to house the engines 151,000 ceramic bricks were needed and, all were made on a specially designed brick machine.
	www.historical.engines.btinternet.co.uk /page1.htm (230 words)

	Birmingham's Canal Network - In Brindley's Footsteps - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
		Brindley was appointed engineer at a salary of £200 per year and a committee was given the task of raising the £50,000 needed to build the canal.
		The upper level of the canal at Smethwick is James Brindley's Old Main Line Canal of 1769 and the New Main Line at the lower level was constructed by Thomas Telford in 1829.
		Following the installation of the Smethwick engine in May 1779, some 250 boats were able to pass through the Smethwick locks each week.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /trlout_gfx_en/TRA23386.html (2603 words)

	CLASS 24 AND 25
		On arrival he found the depot staff had exposed the entire pipe run located under the engine room floor, the depot staff having reasoned correctly that the air supply was the culprit and that (incorrectly) the fault lay somewhere in the pipework leading up to the load regulator.
		The front engine end cover was removed to discover that the large gearwheel bolted to the front of the crankshaft had become detached.
		The resident Swiss engineer was unfamiliar with the layout of the 'Peaks' so visits were made to resolve minor installation issues, including matters relating to the pump set and the radiator thermostat valve.
	www.derbysulzers.com /colin.html (3195 words)

	Roll of Honour - Information requests
		Housewives in the West Smethwick area, attracted by the unusual loud engine roar, stood in their gardens as the plane circled overhead, at first believing the airmen were "stunting" but it was not so: in a desperate attempt to avoid buildings the plane gained some little height and circled over the park.
		The only strip of land where a landing might be possible was occupied by children and so the plane missing the houses on the Victoria side of the park, turned and swooped over the park lake on which there were several rowing boats.
		Her husband, who visited the park in the evening to inspect the wreckage, only then made the tragic discovery that one of the victims was his own son.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /information.html (535 words)

	The History of Smethwick - SmethwickToday.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Foremost was Boulton, Watt and Co's Soho Foundry of 1796, from which the steam engines that powered the modern industrial development were exported world-wide.
		Other prominent engineering companies, collectively employing thousands of people, were Tangye's (hydraulic pumps and engines); Guest Keen and Nettlefolds (screws, nuts and bolts); The Birmingham Railway Carriage Wagon Co. (premier quality rolling stock); and the Birmingham Aluminium Casting Co. Ltd, later part of the Birmid Qualcast group.
		Independence: Smethwick became a borough in 1899 and a county borough in 1907, gaining a reputation as a far-sighted and well run authority.
	www.smethwicktoday.com /history (529 words)

	New Zealand Diesel and Electric Traction: RM (Drewry)
		The Fiats were introduced in 1955, except for one that was damaged by a freak wave on its voyage over (as deck cargo) and was rebuilt at local workshops, entering service in 1958.
		The engines were not particularly reliable and the resulting high maintenance costs contributed to a short life for many of the railcars.
		Their heyday on secondary passenger services lasted until 1967 after which they were gradually withdrawn from service as the engines were worn out and operational losses were high.
	www.trainweb.org /nzdiesels/railcar/rmdrew (398 words)

	The Stationary Steam Engines Websites
		On the other sites all the engines present will have been brought in for preservation and the site is thus classed as a museum.
		In some cases engines have been installed in the preservation era to replace original engines that have been removed.
		A number of museums are known to have engines in store but if they are not known to be on display I have not included them.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /fcrammond/page3.htm (532 words)

	Steam engine - steam engine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An engine that converts the heat energy of pressurized steam into mechanical energy, especially one in which steam drives a piston in.
		The Traction Engine is a mobile steam engine that evolved from the crude stationary He devoted his life to the improvement of the steam engine from its
		Description: The steam engine runs on steam pressure made by heating water The first practical steam engines were built about 1700 and were used to pump
	www.widevista.com /?q=steam-engine (436 words)

	Camden Booklist Page
		Underlying the whole research was the intention to build models of both engines, as located in their engine houses, a task now accomplished, with the models being exhibited.
		They are the first engine to achieve rotary motion by the use of a crank and flywheel, and the first engine to have its rotational speed controlled by a governor.
		The engine concerned is the 24 inch whim, or winding, engine built in 1840 by Harvey & Co of Hayle, and installed at the famed Levant Mine near St. Just, Cornwall which was the first Cornish Beam Engine preserved - in 1935.
	www.camdenmin.co.uk /SteamTech.htm (2194 words)

	Black Country Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lying at the centre of the area's canal system the Valley has examples of the canal engineering work of Telford, Brindley and Smeaton, along with many examples of the industrial architecture of the period.
		Additionally the Smethwick Engine site and newly restored and working Smethwick Pumping Station are open to visitors.
		Smethwick Rolfe Street and Galton Bridge Railway and the Metro Hawthorns Stations are within easy walking distance and the WM Travel 450 bus stops outside the Centre.
	www.blackcountrytourism.co.uk /attractions/action.htm?jid=049&-response=display_more_info.htm (228 words)

	Sandwell Education and Children's Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Smethwick Engine was made by Matthew Boulton and James Watt.
		This photograph is of a model of the Smethwick Engine and was taken from the Website of David Hulse who created the model and has also written a book about the complete history of the Smetwick Engine.
		The original engine has now been moved to Birmingham Science Museum.
	www.lea.sandwell.gov.uk /curriculum/mural/engine.htm (82 words)

	D5310 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Recent work on the loco has included the removal, recalibration, repainting and replacement of a number of pressure gauges together with the internal cleaning of both cabs and refitting of several parts.
		Items once stored inside the engine have been removed for cleaning, repainting and safe keeping, ready for refitting when required.
		The locomotive is also one of only two preserved examples to retain the original style of bogies with transverse leaf springs.
	wrha.org.uk /d5310.htm (612 words)

	The Inland Waterways Association - Head Office Bulletin May 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Highways Agency contract involves the replacement of 11 concrete crossbeams at a cost of £4.5 million and is part of a nationwide project to repair 1,300 crossbeams on motorways throughout the country.
		The particular problem with this contract is the five beams that span the canal and the one that overhangs it.
		The Engine Arm will be accessible, but prior notification may be necessary for the use of Smethwick Locks.
	www.waterways.org.uk /library/archives/bulletin/2000/may00.htm (6031 words)

	sulzer locomotive production, sulzer engine
		These engines were built over a period of at least sixty years and powered trains all over the world.
		The thermal efficiency of this engine was greater than double that of current steam engines, a fact which led to Sulzer (and many of the other licencees) to build and test its own diesel engines.
		Sulzer's use of worldwide licencees to build their engines was a remarkable pioneering business decision which over time proved to be the correct one considering the location of Winterthur.
	www.derbysulzers.com /sulzer.html (4476 words)

	Newcomen Society - authors A to B
		The Introduction of the Newcomen Engine from 1700 to 1733
		Addendum to the Introduction of the Newcomen Engine from 1700 to 1733 (Vol 42)
		A Proposal to erect an Atmospheric Steam Engine in Sweden in 1725
	www.newcomen.com /transactions/AtoB.htm (881 words)

	Engine Arm Aqueduct: Waterscape.com
		Its ornamentation quite disguises the fact that the Engine Arm, which it carries over the Birmingham Canal Main Line, is a very short branch primarily intended as a water feeder rather than a navigable canal.
		But while Galton Bridge is widely known and appreciated as a landmark of industrial architecture, the Engine Arm remains a secret known only to boaters, towpath walkers and cyclists.
		The Engine Arm is so-called because of the Boulton and Watt beam engine that once pumped water from the Engine Arm to the Birmingham Canal for over a century, itself a piece of engineering history.
	www.waterscape.com /servicesdirectory/Engine_Arm_Aqueduct (253 words)

	Publications
		A Survey of Smethwick in 1828 (photocopy map of 800mm x 600mm approx - folded)
		No.1 An Outline of the History of Smethwick by Mary Bodfish
		Post and Packing: Please add 75p for each item (postcards included free of P and P with any other)
	www.dumbleton-williams.fsnet.co.uk /Publications.html (144 words)

	Engine;
		May be fitted to 1600 EGI 323 engine; Mazda now supply the 1.6/1.8 Miata rod and this heavier rod is obsolete.
		A nice side effect is that it can detect many problems your engine may be experiencing and it even has a way to tell you about them.
		The difference in the to ratings is the conditions on the standard engine are adjusted to be more severe.
	www.quithel.co.uk /zz_Engine.htm (6672 words)

	Smethwick Insurance Brokers and Agents guide - Smethwick UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The following Insurance brokers or agents in Smethwick, West Midlands can provide home and house insurance, car insurance, motor insurance, travel insurance, commercial insurance, buildings insurance, contents insurance, household insurance, motorcycle insurance, business insurance and general insurance in the Smethwick, West Midlands region.
		The Internet's leading UK Travel Insurance Broker allows you to save as much as 75% on your travel and holiday insurance when compared to travel insurance quotes from travel agents and other internet providers.
		Insurance Broker Directory is the oldest and most comprehensive guide to UK Insurance Brokers and Insurance Agents available on the Internet.
	insurance-broker-directory.com /insurance-broker-quotes.asp?Town=Smethwick (432 words)

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