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SMETHWICK
, a municipal and See also:county See also:borough in the Hands-See also:worth See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England, 3 M
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W. of See also:Birmingham on the See also:Great Western and the See also:London & See also:North Western See also:railways
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(1891) 36,106; (1901) 54,539
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There are large See also:glass, chemical and See also:machine See also:works; nuts and bolts are made, and lighthouse fittings are a specialty
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Adjoining Smethwick on the E. is the See also:district of Soho, famous as the See also:scene of the See also:engineering experiments of See also: |
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