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
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
^ Felgett, Mary; Godden, James (2000). The Parish of St. Kew North Cornwall . Vol. 2. James Godden. p. 10. ISBN 0-9530425-1-0 ^ Farmer, Keith (August 1968). "Amalgamated Roadstone". The Industrial Railway Record . 20 . Industrial Railway Society: 269–281/288. ^ "Hanson Building Products" . Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2007 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Hateley, Roger (1977). Industrial Locomotives of South Western England . 44 Hicks Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex: Industrial Railway Society. ISBN 0-901096-23-7 {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location (link )^ Bridges, Alan (1976). Industrial Locomotives of Scotland . Market Harborough. ISBN 0-901096-24-5 {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
