What is Boulton & Watt?
{{Infobox company | name = Boulton and Watt | image = | image_caption = | type = [[General partnership]] | industry = [[Engineering]] | fate = | foundation = [[Birmingham]], England (1775) | founder = [[Matthew Boulton]] and [[James Watt]] | defunct = c. 1895 | location_city = | location_country = | key_people = Matthew Boulton <br/> James Watt <br/> [[William Murdoch]] | products = [[Steam engine]]s ([[Stationary steam engine|stationary]] and [[marine steam engine|marine]]) | services = Engineering consulting | bodystyle = }} [[File:Smethwick Engine at ThinkTank Museum.jpg|thumb|right|A Smethwick engine in steam at Birmingham's [[Thinktank, Birmingham|Thinktank]] museum]] [[File:Power Up - Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum - sewage pumping engine (8623262408).jpg|thumb|right|Sewage pumping engine, also in Birmingham]] '''Boulton & Watt''' was an early [[United Kingdom|British]] engineering and manufacturing firm. They were very significant in the early [[industrial revolution]]. The partners were the English manufacturer [[Matthew Boulton]] and the Scottish engineer [[James Watt]]. The firm designed and made [[ocean|marine]] and stationary [[steam engine]]s. It was founded in the English [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] around [[Birmingham]] in 1775, and grew to be a major producer of steam engines in the 19th century. The Boulton and Watt steam engine was the first to use steam at above [[atmospheric pressure]]. This was a great step in the development of the steam engine. Watt's invention was a key point in the Industrial Revolution. Their engines were used for pumping water in [[canals]], [[Mining|mine]]s, and [[waterworks]], and for driving machines. == The Soho Foundry == At first the partnership made the drawing and specifications for the engines, and supervised the work to erect it on the customers [[property]]. They produced almost none of the parts themselves. Watt did mo