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View of Swindon Works, c1860This early photograph of the Works was taken from St Marks Church and shows R Shop (Machine Shop). Hundreds of wheels can be seen stored outside ready to be fitted to vehicles
No 4 Shop, Carriage Body Shop, 1946These men are working hard helping to construct a Hawksworth coach body. Each piece of timber and frame had its own place and slotted in with exact precision
No 8 Shop, Carriage Paint Shop, 1953This was the sign writing section for all the carriages. All sorts of signs and notices were hand painted. It was a skillful job and a lot of precision was required
No 7 Shop, Carriage Finishing Shop, 1924Dozens of men can be seen here in the carriage finishing shop. It was here that parts of the carriages were finished off. Doors
New Swindon, c1860This early view of Swindon looking north shows the Works and the Railway Village in their infancy. St Marks Church can clearly be seen just behind the newly laid out park
No 4 Shop, Carriage Body Shop, 1913The large expanse that is the carriage body shop can be seen here. Several carriage bodies can be seen lined up as they are assembed
No 1 Shop, Sawmill, c1950sA view looking down the length of No.1 Shop, the sawmill. A crane is carrying a large log ready to be cut into timber. To the right newly cut timber lengths have been processed
No 1 Shop, Sawmill, 1909Huge logs are waiting to be cut up here in the Swindon Works sawmill. A crane, spanning the width of the mill, is used to maneuver the logs onto the cutting machines
View of Swindon Works, c1930sThis photograph was taken from the Pattern Store building and shows tehe Works turntable and A Shop in the background
No 7 Carriage Finishing Shop, 1907This photo looks to have been taken at the end of a working day. Tools have been left and sawdust can be seen on the floor after a day preparing doors
Old Saw Mills, Newburn Crescent, c1870Before No 1 Sawmills opened in the far west of the Works wood was cut at a mill on Newburn Crescent. The men in this image have been busy cutting length of timber
No 4 Shop, Carriage Body Shop, c1920sSeveral men can be seen here working on building coaches in No 4 Shop. The carriages are in varying stages from early frameworks to near completion
Carriage Body Shop, c1880This carriage body shop stood in what was to become the No 2 Shop Sawmill. The carriage body shop eventually moved next door. The wooden aspect of the coaches were assembled here
No 1 Shop, Sawmill, November 1934A young boy is operating a firewood chopping machine. It is not clear if he is an apprentice. Boys were often given the simple, more menial, tasks
No 2 Shop, Sawmill, 1907Lengths of cut timber can be seen awaiting processing in No.2 Shop, Sawmill. This sawmill was situated adjacent to Bristol Street in the Railway Village
View of Swindon Works, c1980sThis photograph was taken from St Marks Church and shows J Shop (Iron Foundry) to the left and R Shop in the centre. R Shop is now houses STEAM Museum of the GWR
No 1 Shop, Timber Yard, 1928The Timber Yard stored thousands of planks of wood. Some stacks were the height of three men! The Carriage and Wagon Works was the biggest user of the wood
Presentation of the Robins Bolitho Challenge Shield to the GWR Truro Ambulance Team, 1921Taken from the GWR Magazine, February 1922
