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Lincolnshire Industrial Heritage (Paperback)
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Lincolnshire Industrial Heritage (Paperback)
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Lincolnshire today is a thriving agricultural county and home to
one of the finest medieval cathedrals in the world, but not so long
ago Lincolnshire was equally famous as a prosperous industrial
county. Within the city of Lincoln, factories such as Clayton &
Shuttleworth, William Foster & Co., Robey & Co. and Rustons
employed just about every man of working age as they grew from
humble blacksmith beginnings to producers of agricultural machinery
renowned around the world. In August 1914 the nation's factories
were put on an emergency war footing and the county's agricultural
engineers saw a huge change from producing traction engines,
ploughs and threshing machines to the creation of tanks and
aircraft. Beyond the factories, fenlands in the south-east of the
county required a huge network of deep drains and pumping stations
to keep incoming tides at bay while the fertile farming land
produced crops that needed processing and moving to market. The
power harnessed from wind and water to produce grain that fed the
local population has left a legacy of some wonderful windmills and
watermills to explore. The discovery, quarrying and mining of
ironstone in turn led to industrialisation on the banks of the
Humber, still a hive of industry today. With a wealth of
interesting images and fascinating captions, Lincolnshire
Industrial Heritage celebrates this unheralded part of the county's
history.
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