Carriage Works Gallery
Available as Prints and Gift Items
Choose from 52 pictures in our Carriage Works collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. All professionally made for Quick Shipping.
Featured Print
No 7 Shop, Carriage Finishing Shop, 1924
Dozens of men can be seen here in the carriage finishing shop. It was here that parts of the carriages were finished off. Doors, windows and decorative parts were completed here and used to finish off the carriage building process
© STEAM Museum of the GWR
1920s, 1924, Carriage Building, Carriage Works, Finishers, No 7 Shop, Swindon, Swindon Works, Wood
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No 9 Shop, Sewing Room, August 1914
The date of this photograph is 7th August 1914. Just three days after Britain entered the war. By this date there were already women employed at Swindon Works and this view of the Sewing Room in the Carriage and Wagon Works shows approximately 30 women working on fabric items for carriages. From Swindon Works war records we know that requests were made from the Government for items such as first aid stretchers, cots and mattresses for ambulance trains and blankets. These would have come through the sewing room to be worked on and completed
© STEAM Museum of the GWR
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No. 9 Carriage Trimming Shop, October 1937
A rather busy scene here. Hundreds of men are working on carriage seat upholstery and padding cushions with horse hair. Racks of carriage seats, springs and fabric can be seen stacked up on the sides of workshop
© STEAM Museum of the GWR
1930s, 1937, 9 Shop, Carriage Trimming, Carriage Works, Staff, Swindon Works, Upholstery, Workers, Workshop
