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The factory was established by the manufacturer Matthew Boulton and his business partner John Fothergill . In 1761 , they leased a site on Handsworth heath, containing a cottage and a metal-rolling mill. The mill was replaced by a new factory, designed and built by the Wyatt family of Lichfield , and completed in 1766 . The cottage was later demolished and Boulton's home ( Soho House ) was built on the site, also by the Wyatts. The manufactory produced a wide range of goods from Button s, Buckle s and boxes to Japanned Ware , and later luxury products such as Silverware and Ormolu (a type of gilded Bronze ). It was also home to the first Steam -powered Mint . The manufactory was demolished in the middle of the 19th Century and the site used for housing. In the 1990s the television Archaeology programme " Time Team " excavated the foundations, in some of the local back gardens. SEE ALSO |
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