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. 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. The company was acquired by

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as part of its acquisition of

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in 1989.

Locations

Locations of Quarries include:

Avon

* Conygar Quarry,

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(formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1935 * Grovesend Quarries, Tytherington (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) * Sandford Quarry,

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(formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) * Winford Quarry,

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(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,

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(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.)

Kent

* Borough Green Works,

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(formally British Quarring Co. Ltd.)

Somerset

* Cranmore Depot (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) * Emborough Quarry (formally Roads Reconstruciont (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

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 {{UK-company-stub