Account of a Well-sinking made by the Great Western Railway Company at Swindon; with Lists of Fossils

Abstract

1. The Great Western Railway Company being desirous of obtaining good supply of water for use in their locomotive and stationary engines at Swindon, determined, in 1883, to sink a well. The spot chosen for this undertaking is on the northern side of the railway, and at the western end of the Company's works.