Service To Industry British Railways Cuneo

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Original vintage British Railways poster - Service To Industry - featuring an industrial painting by the notable British artist Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996) depicting a view of the rolling stock at the Imperial Chemical Industries factory rail yard in Billingham County Durham with a steam train approaching the viewer on the side emitting thick black smoke into the cloudy blue sky and a modern diesel powered engine pulling tank wagons on the other side of the railway tracks by the chemical works, the information next to the British Railways logo below reading - The great I C I chemical works at Billingham-on-Tees depends on British Railways for the delivery each year of nearly two million tons of coal, 150,000 tons of other commodities, and for the dispatch of three-quarters of a million tons of fertilisers, cement, bulk liquids and other products. Cuneo's original painting is held at the National Archives collection in Kew. The Billingham Manufacturing Plant opened in 1918 as the Government Nitrogen Factory; the British chemical company ICI, founded by the merger of four companies, took over the chemical works site in 1926. Published by British Railways North Eastern Region. Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Large size. Horizontal. Excellent condition, minor creasing at margins.

Country UK
Year 1962
Artist Terence Cuneo
Width (cm) 127
Height (cm) 101
Linen backed? No

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