Birchenwood and its Locomotives
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- Author(s) Baker, Allan C
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1977
- Pages 42pp; illus
- Publisher Industrial Locomotive Society
- Place Published Gloucester
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the evolution of industry at Kidsgrove and in the Birchenwood area, notably iron production and coal extraction, covering entities such as Kindersley family, Clough Hall Ironworks, Robert Heath & Lowmoor Ltd, Kidsgrove Steel, Iron & Coal Co Ltd, etc. In particular focuses on the evolution of the Birchenwood Coal Co Ltd and its coke and chemicals production, and the subsequent business of Birchenwod Gas & Coke Co Ltd, later part of National Coal Carbonizing Ltd, and their locomotives