Life in a Railway Factory
xxxviii, 288pp, numerous black and white photographs most in-text. Laminated printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges. Small fold top rear corner. Page edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. First published in 1915 and now with an introduction and commentary to photographs by Michael Justin Davis. Recalls the appalling working conditions in the foundries, blast furnaces, blacksmith's shops and engine sheds which made up this vast industrial complex.