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Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Works - Unidentified Department
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Administration
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Custodian: Presumed to be Bombardier Transportation (UK) Ltd. Local authorities: From WW1: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation) From 1974 to 1997: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council. From 1997: The unitary authority has been Derby City Council. |
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History
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1920s: It was the practice at the time for memorials to be made in the respective workshop by the employees. The detailed carving and possible varnish finish suggests that it may originally have been mounted in one of the woodworking departments. 25 November 1999: The memorial was reported to have been in the "French Polishing Shop" but the building has not been identified. 19 March 2013: The memorial was surveyed in E Building by Roy Branson and Andy Savage and it was in good condition. Company staff were of the opinion that the memorial had previously been in D Building. Over almost a century the site evolved from the Midland Railway Company, The London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, British Railways, ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation (Adtranz), and Bombardier Transportation (UK) Ltd. |
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Comments
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The memorial cannot be currently attributed to a particular department. Plans of the works in the early 20C do not identify a French Polishing Department. G Building housed the Carriage Painting Shop and the Varnishing Shop. D and E Buildings contained several departments relating to joinery and wood trimming. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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