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The Oxford Portland Cement Company Limited (IRS)

£30.00

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A comprehensive history of the Oxford Portland Cement Company, which had sites at Kirtlington and Shipton-on-Cherwell in Oxfordshire.

The book covers the history and development of the company, its works and also the railways and locomotives associated with the works of the years.

Chapter List:

  • What is Portland Cement and its History?
  • Early Beginnings at Kirtlington
  • Formation in 1926/27 of the Oxford & Shipton Cement Limited
  • The New Plant is built
  • The GWR's Connection and the Shipton-on-Cherwell Cement Works Internal Railway
  • Changes of Ownership
  • Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry Machinery and Equipment
  • The Locomotives, Wagons etc. of the works
  • The Demise of Shipton Cement Works

The book is well-illustrated throughout with archive photographs of the works and the railways. Hardback. 196 pages.

 
 

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