John Cashmore Ltd

John Cashmore Ltd (also known as J Cashmore, or simply as Cashmore's or other derivations) was a company operating largely in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. It became best known for ship breaking and scrapping redundant British railway locomotives.[1]

History

The company was founded in 1872 by a member of the Cashmore family in Horseley Heath, Staffordshire.[2] While eventually the large part of the business was in Newport, with a business address at the Old Town Dock, the headquarters was in Great Bridge, Tipton.[3][4] Scrapping of steam locomotives from the LMR, ER and WR, also took place at Gold's Hill, Great Bridge.[2]

The shipbreaking business was closed in October 1976, and the remaining business was incorporated into the Glynwed Group.[3]

Ship breaking

It ran a ship breaking business on the banks of the River Usk, which had a very high tide enabling large vessels to be moved upstream.[3] It scrapped many ex-Royal Navy ships including the following:[5]

Civilian vessels

Contributions to railway preservation

Nearly all of the thousands of vehicles were scrapped after arriving.[1][6] However, three steam locomotives were purchased for preservation; GWR 6400 Class No. 6430, now owned by the Dartmouth Steam Railway, is one of the more famous examples.[7]

BR Standard Class 8 No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester, the sole member of its class withdrawn in 1962, was towed here in 1967 and nearly scrapped here. However, a former BR fireman named Maurice Sheppard realised that this locomotive was delivered to the wrong scrapyard. It was supposed to go to Woodham Brothers in South Wales. No. 71000 was transferred to Barry in October 1967, where it was exposed to the elements until being preserved in 1974.[8][9] BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75014 was also sent to Cashmore's with No. 71000 before being sent to Barry where it remained until 1981.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Butcher, Roger (November 2009). "What really happened to steam". The Railway Magazine. pp. 43–48.
  2. ^ a b "John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridge, Tipton". Sandwell Community History and Archives Service. Black Country History. 1967. PHS/553. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Jim Dyer (20 December 2011). "John Cashmore - Everything Iron And Steel". Newport Past. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ^ Cranage, John (25 June 2009). "Entrepreneur Norman Cashmore dies". Birmingham Post.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  5. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
  6. ^ Butcher, Roger (May 2013). "What really happened to steam – an update". The Railway Magazine. pp. 25–29.
  7. ^ "GWR 0-6-0PT 6430 Returns to the SDR for a visit". South Devon Railway Association. South Devon Railway. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  8. ^ Wilcock, Dennis. "No.71000 - The Impossible Dream - brought to reality on the Great Central Railway" (PDF). Great Central Railway. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  9. ^ "History". BR Class 8 Steam Locomotive Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  10. ^ Trevena, Nigel (21 September 1985). Steam for Scrap Volume 2. London, United Kingdom: Atlantic Books. p. 48. ISBN 0906899176.
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