Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
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Newton Heath Works
From Graces Guide
1877 Works opened for the manufacture of carriages and wagons for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company
1896 Additions made to the original building with addition of a paint shop and mess-rooms
1914 The carriage repair shop was opened as a wagon repairing shop.
1923 Incorporated into the LMSR
Grew to become a major local employer which, by the 1960s, as the Newton Heath Traction Maintenance Depot, had been expanded to a 40 acre site with over 2000 workers.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia