Private company
Woodham Brothers
Welsh scrapping company
Woodham Brothers Ltd is a trading business, based mainly around activities and premises located within Barry Docks, in Barry, South Wales. It is noted globally for its 1960s activity as a scrapyard (hence its colloquial name of Barry Scrapyard), where 297 withdrawn British Railways steam locomotives were sent, from which 213 were rescued for the developing railway preservation movement.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Woodham Brothers Ltd is a trading business, based mainly around activities and premises located within Barry Docks, in Barry, South Wales. It is noted globally for its 1960s activity as a scrapyard (hence its colloquial name of Barry Scrapyard), where 297 withdrawn British Railways steam locomotives were sent, from which 213 were rescued for the developing railway preservation movement.2
Timeline
- 1892Founded Founded1
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- WikipediaWoodham Brothers
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- WikidataQ8032700
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- 1WikidataWoodham Brothers on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWoodham Brothers on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsWoodham Brothers photo by Floyd Nello, CC BY 2.0