Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company Ltd
- Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company Ltd
The Ashbury Carriage and Iron Company Limited, was a manufacturer of railway rolling stock founded by John Ashbury in 1837 at Knott Mill in Manchester, England, near the original terminus of the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. It moved to Openshaw in 1841 and became a limited company in 1862 as The Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company Ltd
In 1902 the business was transferred to Saltley in Birmingham when it merged with Ashbury, Brown and Marshalls. This was absorbed into the Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd which later became the Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co Ltd. Examples of its rolling stock survive to this day on preserved railways all over the world. The company name has been recently revived by a group in North Wales to recreate some of the carriages that it built.
Other references
*London Underground 1900/1903 Stock
* [http://www.frheritage.org.uk/wiki/Ashbury_Carriage_and_Iron_Company Festiniog Railway connection]
* [http://www.ashburycarriages.co.uk/ The modern reincarnation of the Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co Ltd]
* [http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/bash/index.html Bluebell Ashbury Supporters and Helpers - Restoration project for three Victorian Ashbury-built carriages, now completed]
*"The Ashbury Composite Cars" Johnson, Geoff Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, February, 1971 pp36-38
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