GWR Engineering Work 1928-1938

TOURRET, RICHARD

ISBN 10: 0905878086 / ISBN 13: 9780905878089

Published by Tourret Publishing, 2003

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2003, Tourret Publishing, Slightly larger than A4 portrait format hardback with dustjacket. 225pp on glossy paper and illustrated throughout with 326 black and white photographs, 22 drawings and 59 maps. A thorough examination of all the works the GWR carried out during the decade 1928-1938 when it seemed to the author that the company was rebuilding the entire system. Much of the funding was part of the government of the day's scheme for giving work to people following the great depression and the high levels of unemployment it created. The book examines the work project by project in chronological sequence. Viaducts, bridges, stations and many other projects. See the scan of the jacket blurb for further information. Condition : New copies., Book weighs 1286g. For UK buyer if book weighs more than 2Kg when packed (allow 150g-200g for packing) we will request additional postage. For non UK buyer the threshold is 399g surface mail, 150g airmail. Please don't order unless prepared to pay or ask first. ISBN 0905878086.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GWR Engineering Work 1928-1938
• Publisher: Tourret Publishing
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0905878086
• ISBN 13: 9780905878089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Railways

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Synopsis

This book reviews the engineering works, civil and mechanical, carried out by the Great Western Railway in the decade 1928-1938. In this period, it almost seems that the GWR were rebuilding their whole system, so extensive were the works that were carried out. Bearing in mind that these years covered more or less the 1930s years of industrial depression with high unemployment, it is all the more impressive that the GWR accomplished so much, indeed these foundations mostly remain today.

The government of the day helped by passing the Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act of 1929, under which the government could pay the interest on capital expended on schemes of development. Most railways took advantage of this Act, but none more so than the GWR, who participated in the anticipation that trade would improve and there would be a need for better railway transport facilities. By the end of 1933, they had 35 separate schemes involving a total of about £8,000,000, an enormous amount of money in those days.

The GWR programme covered all sections of railway and dock operations throughout the system, and included major improvements at the main stations, lines being quadrupled, new avoiding lines, extension of Automatic Train Control, colour-light signalling and improved dock facilities in South Wales, as well as a host of smaller improvements, some carried out in cooperation with Local Town Councils and the like.

Contains over 325 photographs and over 80 drawings.