Great Western Railway Swindon Works

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Western_Railway_Swindon_Works

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_station
gptkbp:builtBy	gptkb:Great_Western_Railway
gptkbp:closed	1986
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentUse	gptkb:Swindon_Designer_Outlet STEAM Museum of the Great Western Railway
gptkbp:employs	over 14,000 people at peak
gptkbp:engineer	gptkb:Charles_Collett gptkb:Daniel_Gooch gptkb:Frederick_Hawksworth gptkb:George_Jackson_Churchward gptkb:William_Dean
gptkbp:heritageStatus	partly preserved
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Western Railway Swindon Works
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Swindon
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Pattern_Shop gptkb:Boiler_Shop type foundry A Shop Apprentice Training School B Shop Carriage and Wagon Works Drawing Office
gptkbp:notableEvent	World War II aircraft production Closure in 1986 Conversion to museum and retail outlet Diesel locomotive construction
gptkbp:notableFor	engineering innovation steam locomotive production
gptkbp:notableProduct	gptkb:GWR_1400_Class gptkb:GWR_6000_Class gptkb:GWR_2884_Class gptkb:GWR_5600_Class gptkb:GWR_3700_Class gptkb:GWR_4300_Class gptkb:GWR_5700_Class gptkb:GWR_9400_Class gptkb:GWR_4073_Class gptkb:GWR_5101_Class GWR 2251 Class GWR 7800 Class
gptkbp:opened	1843
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Great_Western_Railway
gptkbp:purpose	locomotive construction rolling stock maintenance
gptkbp:servedRailroads	gptkb:Great_Western_Main_Line gptkb:Swindon,_Marlborough_and_Andover_Railway Swindon and Gloucester Railway
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:British_Rail_Engineering_Limited
gptkbp:website	over 300 acres
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:GWR_4079_Pendennis_Castle
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6