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Life in a Railway Factory

by Alfred Williams

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Appendix

Table of average day wages per week of fifty-four hours paid to men employed at Swindon Railway Works, July 1914: —

Foremen70s.
Foremen, Assistant50s.
Draughtsmen35s.
Clerks, Monthly Staff30s.
Clerks, Shop25s.
Forgemen33s.
Smiths33s.
Rolling Mills Men30s.
Furnacemen28s.
Stampers28s.
Stampers’ Assistants22s.
Smiths’ Strikers22s.
Pattern-makers35s.
Boilermakers34s.
Fitters and Turners34s.
Fitters, Engine34s.
Fitters, Carriage28s.
Die-sinkers34s.
Coppersmiths30s.
Tinsmiths30s.
Moulders26s.
Wheel Turners24s.
Machinemen, General24s.
Carriage Body-makers30s.
Carriage Finishers28s.
Waggon-builders28s.
Road-Waggon Builders28s.
Carpenters28s.
Painters26s.
Saw Mills, Timber24s.
Riveters26s.
Bricklayers28s.
Labourers, Skilled22s.
Labourers, Unskilled20s.
Labourers, Fitters’21s.
Storekeepers23s.

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