Photos taken around Swindons Railway Works, built in 1843 to build and service GWR steam engines running between Bristol and London.
Expanding over the turn of the century to build ship engines, the works also produced a dozen large howitzers during 1914 for the first world war.
During the 2nd world war it produced gun mountings and tank turret rings, until in 1947 it was producing 60 new steam engines a year.
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Locomotive production ended in 1962 and the last works closed in 1986.
4 comments:
I really like you photos. Found your blog by chance. Now have you linked into my Google reader so I should be able to see all your new posts.
Hi Cindy, welcome! Glad you like them.
Some brilliant photos Mark. Did you manage to catch the GWE exhibtion at Steam last month. Wish I had had the opoortunity to use some of your photos for inspiration , they are brilliant. We are looking at Lydiard Park and House for our next exhibition. Best wishes
Maggie
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