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Sculpture

Boulton, Watt and Murdoch

1956 Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
Boulton, Watt and Murdoch
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Boulton, Watt and Murdoch is a gilded bronze statue depicting Matthew Boulton, James Watt, and William Murdoch by William Bloye, assisted by Raymond Forbes Kings. It stands on a plinth of Portland stone in Centenary Square, Birmingham and marks the contribution these individuals made to the development of the steam engine and hence the start of the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century.

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William Bloye
1890–1975 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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