Swindon Works

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locomotive manufacturing facility railway works

Swindon Works was a major railway engineering and locomotive manufacturing facility of the Great Western Railway in Swindon, England.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Swindon Works canonical 2
BR Swindon Works 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locomotive manufacturing facility ⓘ
railway works ⓘ
architecturalStyle Victorian industrial architecture ⓘ
closure 1986 ⓘ
convertedTo diesel locomotive maintenance in later years ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
employerOf boilermakers ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
fitters ⓘ
pattern makers ⓘ
foundedBy Isambard Kingdom Brunel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAdjacentFacility Swindon Railway Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFacility boiler shops ⓘ
erection shops ⓘ
foundry ⓘ
machine shops ⓘ
hasMuseum STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage part of British railway industrial heritage ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th-century British rail industry ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
inception 1843 ⓘ
industry locomotive manufacturing ⓘ
railway engineering ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Swindon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
locatedNear Swindon railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor heavy railway engineering ⓘ
production of GWR steam locomotives ⓘ
operatedBy Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Swindon Railway Village industrial complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakEmployment over 14000 workers ⓘ
postClosureUse redeveloped for commercial and cultural purposes ⓘ
produced GWR Castle class locomotives NERFINISHED ⓘ
GWR Hall class locomotives NERFINISHED ⓘ
GWR King class locomotives NERFINISHED ⓘ
GWR pannier tank locomotives ⓘ
purpose construction of steam locomotives ⓘ
maintenance of rolling stock ⓘ
repair of locomotives ⓘ
railwayCompanySuccessor British Railways Western Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayNetwork Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed Great Western Railway network NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance major employer in Swindon for over a century ⓘ
significantEvent nationalisation of railways in 1948 affected ownership ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Stanier → workedAt → Swindon Works ⓘ
British Rail Engineering Limited → operatedFacility → Swindon Works ⓘ
BR Standard Class 5 → manufacturer → Swindon Works ⓘ
this entity surface form: BR Swindon Works