1st Edition

Birmingham and Midland Hardware District

By S. Timmins Copyright 1968
    740 Pages
    by Routledge

    740 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1967. This is a series of reports on the resources, various products and industrial history of Birmingham and its Midland hardware district. They were collected by the local Industry Committee of the British Association in 1865. The volume gives an idea if not full details, of the extent and variety of the local trades within the radius of thirty miles of Birmingham. The coal and iron of Staffordshire, the chemical products, glass and alkalis and soap of Smethwick, the metal works from the costliest plate and jewellery down to common gilt toys, the engines and machinery exported to all parts of the world to name a few.

    Part Contents- Sketch of the Geological Structure of the South Staffordshire Coalfield. South Staffordshire Coalfield. Method of Working-Ventilation-Extent and Duration. The Economic Value of various Measures of Coal and Ironstone in the South Staffordshire Coalfield. To… Coffin. Furniture Manufacture.

    Biography

    Samuel Timmins