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Boulton & Watt

1775 – 1895

: Boulton et Watt

British industrial company known for the manufacture of Watt’s steam engine.

The firm of Boulton & Watt was founded by Matthew Boulton and James Watt. It produced its steam engines at the Soho Manufactory and the Soho Foundry in Soho, Birmingham. Around 1800, sons James Watt Junior and Matthew Robinson Boulton took over management. In 1810, Scottish engineer and long-time employee William Murdoch became a business partner. In 1849 the firm changed its name to James Watt & Co. In 1895 it was sold to W & T Avery, a manufacturer of scales and measuring instruments. The steam engine business was discontinued.

Traveljournal 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Traveljournal 1851

  • Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
  • Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischers Reisen durch die Industriegebiete Englands 1814–1851. In: Tradition - Zeitschrift für Firmengeschichte und Unternehmensbiographie 1964, S. 128f.
  • Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 68f.

Cite as: Boulton & Watt. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-7571, viewed on 7 June 2025.

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Boulton, Watt and Murdoch (statue by William Bloye in Birmingham, 1956)