John Cashmore Ltd
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John Cashmore Ltd was a company based at Newport
, Monmouthshire
, Wales. It has become known for its work scrapping redundant British railway locomotives and it also ran a shipbreaking or scrapping business on the River Usk
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The company was found by a member of the Cashmore family which already ran a steel stockholding business in the Midlands
.
Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...
, Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (historic)
Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county....
, Wales. It has become known for its work scrapping redundant British railway locomotives and it also ran a shipbreaking or scrapping business on the River Usk
River Usk
The River Usk rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain of mid-Wales, in the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially it flows north into Usk Reservoir, then east by Sennybridge to Brecon before turning southeast to flow by Talybont-on-Usk, Crickhowell and...
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The company was found by a member of the Cashmore family which already ran a steel stockholding business in the Midlands
English Midlands
The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...
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