C F Booth
Encyclopedia
C F Booth Ltd is a business based in Rotherham
, South Yorkshire
, England
, dealing in recycling and scrap metal. Their main site is Clarence Metal Works adjacent to the Rotherham Ring Road, although there are, or have been, a number of other associated sites and businesses including a rail served site in Doncaster (closed) and a site in Aston, near Rotherham, which concentrated on dismantling buses.
The Clarence Works site is essentially a scrapyard for ferrous and non ferrous metals and non ferrous Melting Shop. The company's gantry crane
s and three Derrick cranes make the site quite distinctive.
The name is generally associated with the scrapping of diesel and electric locomotives since the 1960s. This work continues to date (2011), although a number of the vehicles bought are now resold for preservation. Many wagons, carriages, underground and departmental stock are also processed here.
C F Booth was involved in one of the most high-profile scrapping contracts for British Rail
of all time, with the media descending on the site for the arrival and scrapping of several vehicles from the APT
fleet in 1987.
Rail vehicles can be brought in through a connection to Network Rail
, although much is now brought in by road.
Cable and electrical equipment is also a significant part of the business, but the interest in the railway activities and the proximity of the railway sidings to roads give this side of the business a high profile.
Rotherham
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...
, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, dealing in recycling and scrap metal. Their main site is Clarence Metal Works adjacent to the Rotherham Ring Road, although there are, or have been, a number of other associated sites and businesses including a rail served site in Doncaster (closed) and a site in Aston, near Rotherham, which concentrated on dismantling buses.
The Clarence Works site is essentially a scrapyard for ferrous and non ferrous metals and non ferrous Melting Shop. The company's gantry crane
Gantry crane
Gantry cranes, bridge cranes, and overhead cranes, are all types of cranes which lift objects by a hoist which is fitted in a hoist trolley and can move horizontally on a rail or pair of rails fitted under a beam...
s and three Derrick cranes make the site quite distinctive.
The name is generally associated with the scrapping of diesel and electric locomotives since the 1960s. This work continues to date (2011), although a number of the vehicles bought are now resold for preservation. Many wagons, carriages, underground and departmental stock are also processed here.
C F Booth was involved in one of the most high-profile scrapping contracts for British Rail
British Rail
British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
of all time, with the media descending on the site for the arrival and scrapping of several vehicles from the APT
British Rail Class 370
British Rail's Class 370 tilting trains, also referred to as APT-P , were the pre-production Advanced Passenger Train units...
fleet in 1987.
Rail vehicles can be brought in through a connection to Network Rail
Network Rail
Network Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
, although much is now brought in by road.
Cable and electrical equipment is also a significant part of the business, but the interest in the railway activities and the proximity of the railway sidings to roads give this side of the business a high profile.