Barry Scrapyard
Following the rise of diesel and electric power on the UK's railways, the marshalling yards at Barry Docks became the largest repository of steam engines awaiting scrapping in the UK. Dai Woodham owned the Woodham Brothers Scrap yard and due to his generosity he allowed rail preservation organisations to buy back the locomotives at the current scrap value allowing around 200 of the 300 locos to be saved for future generations, although during the years of storage many were vandalised or looted by souvenir hunters. Dai Woodham was very reluctant to take full credit for this remarkable story and when interviewed just before his death he was keen to point out that the town of Barry with its vast majority of redundant sidings was the major factor in allowing these locos to be saved. In his own words he said "If it hadn't been for Barry, well you could not have done it" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Woodham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_scrapyard
During its industrial peak a number of ships sunk off the Barry coast.
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