Swindon: The Legacy of a Railroad Town

By Keith Falconer

In the pioneering days of early Victorian railway engineering the decision of Gooch and Brunel to locate an engine house and works just to the north of Swindon led to the creation of a sizable engineering enterprise and a new settlement. The Great Western Railway became by far the largest employer in the region and for more than a century the fortunes of the town were inseparably linked with the development of the railway.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0113000537
• ISBN13: 9780113000531
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: The Stationery Office/Tso
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 11.2"