Going loco: How £36,000 transformed the village on the edge of the moors

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A monument to the region's industrial heritage will be lost when the erecting shop at Horwich Locomotive Works is pulled down. For decades, the distinctive building was the place where engineers would put the final touches to engines that were taken around the world.But, after a controversial planning decision by Bolton Council at the end of 2019, the building is set to be demolished and replaced with a link road to connect the centre of Horwich with the huge new Rivington Chase housing development.The 1,700-home estate will cost £262m, with construction planned to begin in 2021.Here,  MyBolton reporter Seamus McDonnell looks at how the company that once occupied the site was at the heart of the the nation's industrial story - and shaped an.