Brian, The GWR Swindon Railway Works was pretty well self-contained. Everything for locomotive etc manufacture was produced there. So there would certainly have been work for a furnaceman. Jeff On Fri, 25 August, 2006 9:48 am, bhx7@btinternet.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > Surnames: Harrison > Classification: Query > > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EUC.2ACI/3175 > > > Message Board Post: > > > Hello All, > > > I am wondering if some kind historian out there can help me. My 3x great > grandfather John Harrison b.1829 Northumberland was a furnaceman who > travelled throughout England and Scotland in the mid 1800's. > > Between the years 1851-1853 he was in Swindon, Wiltshire, noted on his > marriage certificate. > > Was there a new furnace set up at this time in Swindon or new industry > which needed either furnace expertise or fluid steel manufacture?? > > Any help would be greatfully appreciated. > Kindest regards > Brian > > > > > ==== ENG-WILTSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Use the link within a GATEWAYED message to reply. Message board users are > rarely subscribed to the list. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >