More than just a place of work
Subtitle: a history of Dunedin's Hillside Railway Workshops
By: Ian Dougherty
Publisher: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780908573912
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History; Railroad engineering; Hillside Railway Workshops (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Description: "A history of Dunedin's Hillside Railway Workshops This well-researched book covers both the engineering history to interest railway enthusiasts, and a political, economic and social history that will appeal to a wider readership. Beginning in the 1860s until its closure in 2012, the Dunedin Hillside Railway Workshop's personnel, buildings, and jobs undertaken have all been captured in print along with a large number of colour and black and white photographs."--Wheelers.co.nz.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: 1. 'Repairing shops at Hill Side'; title: 2. Firing up the workshops 1875-1897; title: 3. Full steam ahead 1897-1918; title: 4. The fighting spirit 1875-1918; title: 5. Playing and praying 1875-1918; title: 6. 'Little Glasgow' 1924-1929; title: 7. Production between the wars 1918-1939; title: 8. World War Two 1939-1945; title: 9. 'The social welfare needs of the employees' 1918-1945; title: 10. Running out of steam 1945-1956; title: 11. Hearing the diesels humming 1956-1982; title: 12. Corporatisation 1982-1993; title: 13. Privatisation 1993-2008; title: 14. 'Good clean entertainment and fun' 1945-2012; title: 15. The end of the line 2008-2015.