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Swindon Works: The Legend
Language: en
Pages: 142
Authors: Rosa Matheson
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-02 - Publisher: The History Press

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The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone – but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works iconic? Was
Struggle and Suffrage in Swindon
Language: en
Pages: 187
Authors: Frances Bevan
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-28 - Publisher: Pen and Sword

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An in-depth history of women’s activism and achievements in one English town, with photos included. As the industrial revolution and the coming of the railway
The End of the Line
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Ron Bateman
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-07 - Publisher: The History Press

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In 1977, the iconic Swindon Works was building locomotives. By 1986, it was shut down. In The End of the Line, Ron Bateman recounts the fight to save Swindon Wo
Death, Dynamite and Disaster
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Rosa Matheson
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-05 - Publisher: The History Press

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A safe mode of transport today, the railways were far from vehicles of sleepy commute when they first came into service; indeed, accidents were commonplace and
Terror in the Tunnels
Language: en
Pages: 199
Authors: Rosa Matheson
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-04 - Publisher: The History Press

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The exciting early days of the railways were tempered with danger, as the Victorian concept of health and safety was rather different to ours. Going 'into the d