Swindon - Wiltshire owned by M Machin
Virtual Deed: Swindon - Wiltshire
Purchased 26th Feb, 2008 by M.Machin
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Swindon - Wiltshire purchased for: £ 10.00
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Page viewed: 1434 times
Swindon - Wiltshire purchased for: £ 10.00
Adverts are currently: Available: Click on the links below to purchase
Adverts for 3 months cost: £ 20
Town Rating Contributions: 0
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About Swindon - Wiltshire
Isambard Kingdom Brunel – The Great Western Railway's (GWR) Engineer to the Company. In 1840, he chose Swindon as the site of GWR's railway works. By 1843, the works employed 400 men. And by 1846, it had built its first locomotive – 'The Great Western'.
From there, train production boomed. In the 1920s, the works employed 14,000 to build the King Class locomotives – the jewels in GWR's crown. And on 28 April 1924, King George V and Queen Mary visited the works to view the trains for themselves. They witnessed the work's most famous locomotive in production: Number 6000, King George V.
Info courtesy of www.swindon.gov.uk
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