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Railway Institute And Forecourt Walls
Railway Institute And Forecourt Walls in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Railway Institute And Forecourt Walls is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Shildon Railway Institute, sometimes referred to as The Stute, is a historic membership organisation and building in Shildon, County Durham, England. Founded in 1833, and has been claimed to have been the first such institute established specifically for the benefit of railway workers and their families. The Institute has operated continuously since its foundation and is associated with the early development of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first public steam-hauled railway.
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Background
History
The Institute originated as the Shildon Library for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge, founded at a meeting in late 1833 at New Shildon. The initiative was founded by senior figures associated with the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR); the engineer Timothy Hackworth, and the then clerk Thomas MacNay, who became the Institute’s first secretary. Hackworth served as the first president. The inspiration for the Institution had been the work of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge which had been founded principally by the Whig MP, Lord Henry Brougham in 1826. Stockton & Darlington Railway Company director Joseph Pease, who became patron to the Shildon institution at its…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6240, -1.6424
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Shildon
- Postcode
- DL4 2JN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Official site
- www.peterfreeman.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q26597124 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Shildon Railway Institute (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Railway Institute And Forecourt Walls?
- Railway Institute And Forecourt Walls is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6240°, -1.6424°.