Railway wheels marking the site of Swindon Works A Shop
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Railway wheels marking the site of Swindon Works A Shop
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 15 Mar 2015
On the corner of Penzance Drive and Lynmouth Road in an area of modern housing built on part of the extensive former Swindon Railway works site. At its peak in the first half of the 20th century, the railway works was Swindon's main employer and one of the biggest in the country, with more than 14,500 workers. The wheels mark a spot formerly occupied by part of the A Shop, a vast Great Western Railway workshop where locomotives were built and repaired.
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Image Location
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51.559751
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