Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation

Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation
Company type	Public
Industry	Quarrying
Founded	1935
Defunct	1989
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Hanson plc
Headquarters	London, UK

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

^ 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)

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[1] Felgett, Mary; Godden, James (2000). The Parish of St. Kew North Cornwall. Vol. 2. James Godden. p. 10. ISBN 0-9530425-1-0.

[IRS-2] Farmer, Keith (August 1968). "Amalgamated Roadstone". The Industrial Railway Record. 20. Industrial Railway Society: 269–281/288.

[3] "Hanson Building Products". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2007.

[:0-4] ^ ^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)

[5] Bridges, Alan (1976). Industrial Locomotives of Scotland. Market Harborough. ISBN 0-901096-24-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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