Faverdale Wagon Works
In 1920 the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company began constructing a wagon works, the 'Faverdale Wagon Works', for the NER. The first wagon was manufactured in 1923. 200 houses were also constructed at the same time for the workers. The centenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was held at the Faverdale works in 1925.
Initially the Faverdale wagon works manufactured wooden bodied, wooden framed wagons; steel frames wagons began production in the 1930s. At its peak in the 1950s the Faverdale Wagon Works employed 550 people, the factory was a pioneer of mass production techniques for wagon building. In 1962 it was expected to become a regional repair centre for British Rail, but was closed in June 1963, as a result of the Beeching cuts. The site was sold to Darlington Corporation in 1963 for £125,000.
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