No 5309The Shops
The shed and the canal
Why the works was called the Tank, what the canal depot did, and how water and land decided the site in 1848.
Works Nos 5000-5399
The Shops
The bays and benches where a works made engines: erecting, machine, boiler, smithy and the shed.
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4 unitsNo 5233The Shops
The boiler shop and the smithy
What the boiler makers and smiths made, how the loudest trades worked, and what a riveted boiler asked of the men who built it.
No 5117The Shops
The machine shop
What the machine shop made, how it was organised, and why it was where the works taught its own.
No 5042The Shops
The erecting shop
What the erecting shop was, what happened inside it, and why the whole works was measured against it.
