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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 253 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SMETHWICK  , a municipal and

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county
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borough in the Hands-
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worth
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parliamentary
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division of
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Staffordshire,
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England, 3 M . W. of
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Birmingham on the
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Great Western and the
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London &
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North Western
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railways . Pop . (1891) 36,106; (1901) 54,539 . There are large
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glass, chemical and
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machine
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works; nuts and bolts are made, and lighthouse fittings are a specialty . Adjoining Smethwick on the E. is the
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district of Soho, famous as the
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scene of the
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engineering experiments of
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James
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Watt during his
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partnership with
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Matthew
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Boulton (c . 1770) . The
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town of Smethwick is a
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modern growth about an
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ancient
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village, the name of which appears in Domesday . The borough, incorporated in 1899 (county borough, 1907), is under a
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mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors .
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Area, 1929 acres .

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