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James Watt

Greenock, Renfrewshire 1736 - Handsworth, Birmingham 1819
Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world
(Wikipedia)

Alexander Munro
1868

Description

Marble statue of James Watt in a relaxed pose holding a pair of upturned compasses in his right hand with his left resting upon the cylinder of the steam engine.

Inscription(s)

WATT

Signature

Alex Munro Sc

Sculptor

Alexander Munro (1825 - 1871), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Birmingham Mail, Decaying statue of James Watt dismays Birmingham's Lunar Society.
Wikipedia, Chamberlain Square.
Bob Speel, Birmingham - Corporation Square, Victoria Square, the Town Hall etc.

Locatie (N 52°28'47" - W 1°54'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwm049; Photograph: 24 June 2014
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