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	]'s earliest roots of transport manufacture lie in the ] with ] members like ] who was proprietor of the Soho engineering works and ] who made the ] into the power plant of the Industrial Revolution, the term "]" was first coined by Watt in the city.
	In 1770 the ] was first connected to an engine by Watt in Brum.
	1785 saw the invention of the ] by ].
	Watt and Boulton, furnished engines (in 1807) for the first regular ] in ] with James Watt, jun., making the first steam voyage on the sea (October 14, 1817), crossing the ] in the ], and taking that vessel up the ].

	It could be argued that Watts aplication of the screw propellor to the steam engine inevitably led to power the first ]s.

	] who was arguably the single most innovative ] developer in the UK joined the Forward Gas Engine Company of Birmingham in 1889, he patented ] in 1902 (even though his innovation was only widely adopted over half a century later). In 1893 he set up his own workshop. Amazingly in 1895 he and his brother built the first petrol driven four-wheeled car in Britain although the engine was underpowered compared to the weight of the six seater body. Fred also experimented with the wick ], ], ]s and invented the ] as well as the ] which was used to controll the speed of an engine.
	In 1893 Fred designed and built his first engine (a vertical single cylinder) which was fitted to a flat bottomed boat designed by his brothers. The boat was launched at Salter's slipway in Oxford in 1894 and was the first all British ].

	In the 1800's Birminghams motor manufacturers grew out of the City's Steam Power heritage and the many ] manufacturers.

	] worked for the ] in Birmingham and in 1905 he resigned, taking a bicycle ride around the city he ended up at an old print works in ] where he decided to start the ] car company.

	In 1921, the first British patent for ]s was registered by Mills Munitions of Birmingham.

	Prominent Birmingham motor manufacturers of days gone include:

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	Present day motor manufacturers include:
	] vans, ], ], ] a UK branch of ] trains, ] coach services with ] at nearby ].

	The ] hosts the two most innovative UK specialist small car manufacturer exhibitions annualy.

	In the First and Second World Wars, the ] car plant built everything imaginable from ] to ] ]s, ], ], ]s, ] fighters, ]s, ] and ]s, with the mammoth ] bomber coming into production towards the end of WWII. The ] ] was mass produced for the ] during the ], at ]. It has been argued by some that Britain may have lost the second world war had it not been for Birmingham's massive industrial might.

	Longbridge has played a vital role in Birmingham and the wider conurbation's employment since the invention of the aeroplane.

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