The Great Western Railway Works and environs, Swindon, from the south-west

The arrival of the Great Western Railway (GWR) impacted hugely on the development of Swindon. The decision to build locomotive and carriage works here from the 1840s effectively created a new town to the north of the existing hilltop market town. Inevitably, the new town grew beyond the site of the GWR Works.

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