Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation Explained
| Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation |
| Type: | Public |
| Fate: | Acquired |
| Foundation: | 1935 |
| Defunct: | 1989 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Industry: | Quarrying |
Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation (ARC) was a British stone quarrying company.
History
Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation Ltd. was formed on 23 April 1935 to acquire six quarry companies in Britain. These were Betty and Tom Ltd, Carreg-y-Liam Quarries Ltd, National Road Materials Ltd, National Roadstone Ltd, Port Nant Quarries Ltd, and Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.[1]
In 1947 ARC acquired the majority of the shares of the British Quarrying Co Ltd (BQC) and its associated quarries. By 1958 the company owned 58 quarries.[2]
The company was acquired by Hanson plc as part of its acquisition of Consolidated Gold Fields in 1989.[3]
Locations
Locations of Quarries include:
Avon
- Conygar Quarry, Clevedon (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1935[4]
- Grovesend Quarries, Tytherington (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.)
- Sandford Quarry, Banwell (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.)
- Winford Quarry, Bristol (part of St. Kevern & Associated Quarried Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1954
Cornwall
- Penlee Quarries (formally Penlee Quarries Ltd.) - closed 1972
- Rosenython Quarry, St. Keverne (formally West of England Road-Metal Co. Ltd.)
- Stepper Point Quarry, Padstow (part of Cornish Road-Metal Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1948
- Porthallow & Porthoustock Quarries, St. Keverne (part of St. Kevern & Associated Quarried Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1958
East Lothian
- East Saltoun Quarry, Pencaitland (part of Amalgamated Lime Co. Ltd.)[5]
Kent
- Borough Green Works, Borough Green (formally British Quarring Co. Ltd.)
Somerset
- Cranmore Depot (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.)
- Emborough Quarry (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1965
- New Frome Quarry (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.)
- Vobster Quarry, Mells Road (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1966
- Windsor Hill Quarry, Shepton Mallet (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1942
Worcestershire
- Malvern Central Plant Workshops
References
- Book: Felgett . Mary . Godden . James . The Parish of St. Kew North Cornwall . 2 . James Godden . 10 . 2000 . 0-9530425-1-0.
- Industrial Railway Society . August 1968 . Amalgamated Roadstone . Farmer, Keith . The Industrial Railway Record . 20 . 269–281/288.
- Web site: Hanson Building Products . 2007-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003341/http://www.themanufacturer.com/uk/profile/6668/Hanson_Building_Products . 2007-09-28 . dead .
- Book: Hateley, Roger . Industrial Locomotives of South Western England . Industrial Railway Society . 1977 . 0-901096-23-7 . 44 Hicks Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex . English.
- Book: Bridges, Alan . Industrial Locomotives of Scotland . 1976 . 0-901096-24-5 . Market Harborough.
