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The Oaks Academy

Academies in the Borough of Cheshire EastNorth West England school stubsSecondary schools in the Borough of Cheshire EastUse British English from February 2023
Kings Grove School, Buchan Grove geograph.org.uk 280923
Kings Grove School, Buchan Grove geograph.org.uk 280923

The Oaks Academy (formerly King's Grove High School) is a mixed secondary school located on Buchan Grove in Crewe, Cheshire, England.

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N 53.09149 ° E -2.45695 °
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The Oaks Academy

Buchan Grove
CW2 7NQ
England, United Kingdom
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theoaksacademy.co.uk

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Kings Grove School, Buchan Grove geograph.org.uk 280923
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Crewe Works
Crewe Works

Crewe Works is a British railway engineering facility located in the town of Crewe, Cheshire. The works, which was originally opened by the Grand Junction Railway in March 1843, employed around 7,000 to 8,000 workers at its peak. In the 1980s much of the engineering works were closed. Most of the site has been redeveloped, but the remaining parts are owned and operated by Alstom. During the late 19th century, the London and North Western Railway used Crewe Works to produce many famous locomotives such as the Webb 2-4-0 Jumbo class and the compounds, the Whale Experiment and Precursor classes, and the Bowen-Cooke Claughtons. In particular, Whale's 1912 superheated G1 Class 0-8-0 developed from a locomotive introduced by Webb in 1892, lasted, in many cases until 1964, near the end of steam in 1968. After grouping, the works were taken over by London, Midland and Scottish Railway which was the successor to the LNWR. It was during this period that the works reached its zenith in size and output. Creating notable steam engines such as Sir William Stanier's locomotives as well as the 'Jubilee' and Class 5 4-6-0s, the 'Princess Royal' and the 'Princess Coronation' 4-6-2s. The works continued to produce engines under British Railways such as the Britannia 4-6-2s and the Franco-Crosti boilered Class 9 freight locomotives. In the 1980s, a large part of the works was sold for redevelopment. Due to the scale of the works, it had its own internal narrow gauge tramway, the Crewe Works Railway, which was used from 1862 until 1932.