{"product_id":"life-in-a-railway-factory-by-alfred-williams","title":"LIFE IN A RAILWAY FACTORY by Alfred Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eLIFE IN A RAILWAY FACTORY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Alfred Williams\u003cbr\u003e\nintroduction Michael Justin Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0905778316\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Wrens Park 1984, reprinted 1999\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 180 w x 255 h x 30 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 288\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2505\/0266\/T705\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nIf you want to know how a locomotive works, how each component, each rivet and nut and bolt came together, read this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eFor twenty-three years, up to the First World War, Alfred Williams worked in the Great Western Railway's Works at Swindon, the locomotive capital of the west. The population of the town was then about fifty thousand, all more or less dependent upon the factory for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery singe aspect of life in a railway factory is covered in this book, first published in 1915, and he did not pull any punches in describing the appalling working conditions in the foundries, blast furnaces, blacksmith's shops and engine sheds which made up this vast industrial complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images, portrait on title page.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nNew with light shelf wear on dust jacket and inscription on end paper. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce\u003cbr\u003e\nSee our other listings on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452091679012,"sku":null,"price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3882213934078517971.jpg?v=1793156595","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/life-in-a-railway-factory-by-alfred-williams","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}