
3 2 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 24cm
Description
Doncaster carriage works employees in front of a timber stack. Doncaster works employed a range of staff, including the workers on the factory floor, administrative staff and designers and engineers. Doncaster works, known as the 'Plant Works' opened in 1853, making and repairing locomotives and rolling stock for the Great Northern Railway. At this time the works employed around 3500 workers.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10451617
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