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Turning of Locomotive Driving Wheels on a Lathe at Crewe Works
London Midland & Scottish Railway Company, London & North Western Railway, and British Railways, London Midland Region1913
National Railway Museum
York, United Kingdom
From London Midland & Scottish Railway Collection. Turning locomotive driving wheels on a lathe at the London & North Western Railway's Crewe works, 1913.
From the 1870s onwards locomotive wheels were usually manufactured from steel, with spokes to reduce their weight.
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- Title: Turning of Locomotive Driving Wheels on a Lathe at Crewe Works
- Creator: London Midland & Scottish Railway Company, London & North Western Railway, British Railways, London Midland Region
- Date Created: 1913
- Location Created: United Kingdom
- Type: photographs
- Rights: Open Government Licence v3.0
- External Link: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co423016
- Medium: glass; paper (fibre product)
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