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Swindon Works Through Time
Andy Binks
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Description for Swindon Works Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Swindon Works have changed and developed since the 1940s. Series: Through Time. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 276.
Two men started the transformation from sleepy hilltop community into a thriving town. Gooch and Brunel chose the area near Swindon to build a factory for the Great Western Railway and for more than 140 years The Works was renowned for high-quality heavy engineering. Gooch, Armstrong, Dean, Churchward and Collett would be responsible for the design and building of some of the world’s finest locomotives and stock. In 1948 the GWR became British Railways and later diesels replaced steam. In the town of Swindon a job in The Works was known locally as working ‘inside’. After the peak in ... Read more
Two men started the transformation from sleepy hilltop community into a thriving town. Gooch and Brunel chose the area near Swindon to build a factory for the Great Western Railway and for more than 140 years The Works was renowned for high-quality heavy engineering. Gooch, Armstrong, Dean, Churchward and Collett would be responsible for the design and building of some of the world’s finest locomotives and stock. In 1948 the GWR became British Railways and later diesels replaced steam. In the town of Swindon a job in The Works was known locally as working ‘inside’. After the peak in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445642611
SKU
V9781445642611
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-39
About Andy Binks
Andy is a transport history author specialising in railways. Peter Timms lives in Swindon and is a collector of books and documents about the Great Western Railway and other areas of local history in the 20th century.
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