Swindon Works Through Time

Swindon Works Through Time

by Peter Timms and Andy Binks
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 15/02/2015

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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 the 1920s when nearly 14,000 were employed there, the workforce was gradually eroded. Sadly, in March 1986, Swindon Works was officially closed. Much of the great factory was demolished but thankfully some of it remains as a retail outlet. It is now twenty-eight years since the final hooter blew but Swindon will long be remembered affectionately as a railway town.

ISBN:
9781445642710
9781445642710
Category:
General & world history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
15-02-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Amberley Publishing
Peter Timms

Peter Timms was born in Melbourne and worked in museums and art galleries in Victoria and New South Wales until 1988. Since then, he has been a freelance writer, including periods as editor of Art Monthly and art critic for The Age. He has published thirteen books, including What's wrong with contemporary art?, Silliness: A serious history and the novel Asking for Trouble.

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