William & Thomas Avery - The Works

• Platform weighing machine
• Counter weighing machine
• The Wharf
• Avery Branches

 

Series of photographs of the workshops at William & Thomas Avery. Based at the Soho Foundry in Birmingham, they give a good insight into the mass production of weighing machines. Look for the photograph of the wharf to see the pig iron bars stacked up ready for use in the making of iron weighing machines.

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