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Forge Workers at Shildon Works
Unknown1910-1957
National Railway Museum
York, United Kingdom
From Shildon Works Collection. Workers in the forge at the North Eastern Railway's Shildon works, County Durham, about 1910.
Shildon was the site of the world's first railway works, which was opened in the 1820s by the Stockton & Darlington Railway. It originally built locomotives but it later became the site of Britain's largest wagon works. It closed in 1984.
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- Title: Forge Workers at Shildon Works
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1910-1957
- Location Created: Shildon, County Durham, England
- Type: photographs
- Rights: Open Government Licence v3.0
- External Link: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co423874
- Art Genre: Documentary
- Art Form: Photograph
- Depicted Location: Shildon Works, County Durham, England
- Depicted Person: Forge Workers
- Depicted Topic: Forge, Steam hammer
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