Watt steam engine commercially available
03/1776 AD sold
In 1775, Watt designed two large engines: one for the Bloomfield Colliery at Tipton, and one for John Wilkinson's ironworks at Broseley in Shropshire, which was at work the following month. A third engine, at Stratford-le-Bow in east London, was also working that summer.
Boulton and Watt's practice was to help mine-owners and other customers to build engines, supplying men to erect them and some specialized parts.
Profit from their patent was derived from charging a license fee to the engine owners, based on the cost of the fuel they saved. The greater fuel efficiency of their engines meant that they were most attractive in areas where fuel was expensive, particularly Cornwall, for which three engines were ordered in 1777, for the Wheal Busy, Ting Tang, and Chacewater mines
Lattitude: 52.4991° N
Longitude: 1.9288° W
Region: Europe
Modern Day United Kingdom
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