Gorton Works

railway workshops in Gorton, Manchester, England
Organization railway_workshop Q5586946
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Gorton Works

Summary

Gorton Works is a railway workshop[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (railway_workshop category, ranking #20 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gorton Works is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Gorton Works's instance of is recorded as railway workshop[4].
  • Gorton Works's operator is recorded as Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway[5].
  • Gorton Works's operator is recorded as Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway[6].
  • Gorton Works's operator is recorded as Great Central Railway[7].
  • Gorton Works's operator is recorded as London and North Eastern Railway[8].
  • Gorton Works's operator is recorded as British Rail[9].
  • Gorton Works's Commons category is recorded as Gorton Works[10].
  • +1848-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gorton Works[11].
  • Gorton Works was dissolved in +1963-05-31T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Gorton Works's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.4704, 'longitude': -2.1723, 'precision': 0.0001}[13].
  • Gorton Works's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y8f29[14].
  • Gorton Works's product or material produced is recorded as locomotive[15].
  • Gorton Works's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp29484[16].
  • Gorton Works's has works in the collection is recorded as National Railway Museum[17].
  • Gorton Works's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[18].

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Founding

+1848-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gorton Works[11].

Operations

Operators include Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway[5], Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway[6], Great Central Railway[7], London and North Eastern Railway[8], and British Rail[9].

Ownership

Gorton Works's product or material produced is recorded as locomotive[15].

Dissolution

Gorton Works was dissolved in +1963-05-31T00:00:00Z[12].

Why It Matters

Gorton Works draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (railway_workshop category, ranking #20 of 34).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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