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Glanrafon Slate Quarry

From Graces Guide

1875 the quarry was working by this date.

1878 operated by E. M. Owen and others (including W. Hayward)

1879 operated by W. H. Owen & Sons, Vulcan Foundry, Caernarfon

1884 Dissolution of the Partnership between John Owen, William Humphrey Owen, Edward Humphrey Owen, and Richard Rogers Williams, as Quarry Proprietors, at the Glanrafon Slate Quarry, near Carnarvon, in the county of Carnarvon, under the style or firm of the Glanrafon Slate Quarry Company. John Owen, William Humphrey Owen, and Edward Humphrey Owen continued the business[1]

1892 operated by E. H. and J. Owen

1904 Had been incorporated as Glanrafon Slate Quarry Ltd.

c.1916 Quarry closed


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ London Gazette 24 June, 1884
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