Английская Википедия:Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox company 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.)[4]
- Sandford Quarry, Banwell (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.)[4]
- Winford Quarry, Bristol (part of St. Kevern & Associated Quarried Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1954[4]
Cornwall
- Penlee Quarries (formally Penlee Quarries Ltd.) - closed 1972[4]
- Rosenython Quarry, St. Keverne (formally West of England Road-Metal Co. Ltd.)[4]
- Stepper Point Quarry, Padstow (part of Cornish Road-Metal Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1948[4]
- Porthallow & Porthoustock Quarries, St. Keverne (part of St. Kevern & Associated Quarried Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1958[4]
East Lothian
- East Saltoun Quarry, Pencaitland (part of Amalgamated Lime Co. Ltd.)[5]
Kent
- Borough Green Works, Borough Green (formally British Quarring Co. Ltd.)[4]
Somerset
- Cranmore Depot (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.)[4]
- Emborough Quarry (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1965[4]
- New Frome Quarry (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.)[4]
- Vobster Quarry, Mells Road (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1966[4]
- Windsor Hill Quarry, Shepton Mallet (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1942[4]
Worcestershire
- Malvern Central Plant Workshops[4]
References
- Английская Википедия
- Building materials companies of the United Kingdom
- Non-renewable resource companies established in 1935
- British companies established in 1935
- 1935 establishments in England
- Non-renewable resource companies disestablished in 1989
- 1989 disestablishments in England
- 1989 mergers and acquisitions
- British companies disestablished in 1989
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