Trevor Granite Quarry

The trefor granite quarry also known as the yr eifl quarry opened in 1850.

Trevor granite quarry. Please read the proper disclaimer. The pier was not built but the application was renewed in 1867 the pier being built by 1870 and a railway was constructed connecting the quarry with the pier. The work began here about 1830 and when trevor jones became the quarry supervisor the village at the foot of the eifl trefor took his name. Trefor quarry perched at the edge of the north wales coast just west of caernarfon still churns out high quality curling stones although the place feels rather desolate these days.

Trefor quarry developed to be the world s biggest granite quarry in the 1930 s and by 1931 had produced 1 157 000 tons of setts. I came across this beautiful wood carving from 1841 just 3 years before the barony st. Even today 60 70 percent of all curling stones comes from granite extracted from alisa craig. A granite quarry trefor granite quarry or the yr eifl quarry opened there in 1850.

2 000 tonnes were harvested sufficient to fill anticipated orders until at least 2020. The industrial narrow gauge railway trefor quarry railway opened in 1865 and brought rock from the quarry to the coast but was gradually replaced by road transport and was finally closed in 1960. Recently a new operation runs the quarry taking small amounts of the granitoid stone for ornamental work and for the production of curling stones. The trevor quarry which covers about one quarter of a square kilometre is named after its first foreman trevor jones.

The quarry opened in 1850 and closed in 1963. The last harvest of ailsa craig granite by kays took place in 2013 after a hiatus of 11 years. Eben fardd wrote poetry in strict metre englyn form to praise the new quarry owners hutton and roscoe. Only two places on earth is said to have the blue hone or common green granite which has a low absorption rate and keeps water from freezing and eroding the stone.

By 1850 the area s granite quarries were owned by the welsh granite co. In 1855 the quarry applied to build a jetty on the coast to ship granite products. Ailsa craig and the trefor granite quarry in wales. Trefor granite is used to make curling stones.

Mine exploring can be quite dangerous but then again it can be alright it all depends on the weather.