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The Learning journeys below provide a series of activities which will help you learn more about using the resources available on this website.

Choose one of the Learning Journeys from below:

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Number One: Boulton, Watt & Co's Engines

You are John Southern. As the Head of the Drawing Office at the engine workshops at Matthew Boulton's world-famous Soho Manufactory, you are one of the most important engineers in the firm of Boulton Watt & Co. You advise clients what sort of engine is best for them, and supervise the drawings from which the engines will be made. Selling the client the wrong sort of engine, or using the wrong size parts, is potentially disastrous. The future of the client's business, and the good name of Soho, rests with you...

Let's hope your engineering skills are sharp today!

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Steam Engine

Number Two: Tithe Maps

Find you way around the Handsworth parish using a 19th Century tithe map. Discover why they were created and what they can tell us about Handsworth in the 1840's. Use a database to discover who owned the land at the time, and what it was used for.

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