Soho, West Midlands

Soho is the name of the neighborhood northwest of downtown Birmingham.

Location

It lies on both sides of Soho Road between King Standing in the north and Winson Green in the south. - If you follow the Soho Road out of town to the northwest, you can reach first the M5 Motorway, one of the most important English motorways. Directly behind this is the famous for its football club West Bromwich.

History

Soho was directly situated next to the city center, with the first industrial area of ​​Birmingham. - Worldwide famous Soho was in the years 1770-1800, because Boulton & Watt had their headquarters here. This company built by James Watt improved the steam engine that ushered in the industrial age, and exported it to the world. The first commercial gas lighting was developed ( by the watt employee William Murdoch ) in Soho.

Soho today

Even today, the Soho industry is closely connected. So resides at the Soho Road Soho College of Management & Technology, a college of engineers. Also, a local pharmaceutical factory bears the name of the district.

52.50302 - 1.932923Koordinaten: 52 ° 30 ' N, 1 ° 56 ' W

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