John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridge, Tipton
- Reference Number: PHS/553
- PreviousNumbers: 2355
- PreviousNumbers: IP 782
- Date: 1967
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 item
- History Note: John Cashmore established his scrap metal business in Mill Street, Horseley Heath, in 1872. By 1911 he had opened a second scrapyard at Newport, Monmouthshire, where obsolete warships were being broken up for scrap. In 1913 John Cashmore Ltd had built two extensive premises in Golds Hill, opposite Golds Hill Schools. The company was responsible for the scrapping and cutting up many steam locomotives, including thoughs from the former Great Western Railway and London Midland Scottish Railway, in the late 1960s at his Great Bridge and Newport sites. For this the company utilised its own private railway sidings. John Cashmore died on the 5 May 1932, after only three weeks of retirement at his home in Great Bridge, aged 92.
- Description: A black and white photograph of an ex-London Midland & Scottish (LMS) 2-8-0 steam locomotive, No. 48187 stands in the yard of John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridge, awaiting to be broken up.
- Terms:Steam locomotives
- Terms:Scrap metal dealers
- Access Status: Open
- Contact: Sandwell Archives, Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
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