Bloomfield Colliery steam engine
(1776-present)
thing, steam engine, and first commercial steam engine
Aged 248
Commemorated on 1 plaque
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
Angle Ring Company, Bloomfield Road, Tipton, United Kingdom where it sited