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Wages Book: Breakwater Quarry, Holyhead Archives Hub
Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW project. The following source was consulted in the compilation of this description: Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives, Minor list, Wages book of the Breakwater Quarry, Holyhead....
Holyhead Breakwater Country Park / Parc... © Ian Taylor cc ...
Holyhead Breakwater Country Park / Parc Gwledig Morglawdd Caergybi This country park was opened in 1990 in a disused quarry. This provided the stone for the breakwater, construction of which started in 1848, and was subsequently used to manufacture heatresistant bricks from the silicarich rock....
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William Wild, Holyhead William Wild Sons were based at the quarry which originally supplied stone for the construction of Holyhead breakwater. They built a brickworks in 1901 for the supply of heat resistant silica bricks. The bricks were sent out by sea to Cumberland, Glasgow and Merseyside....
Less heralded than South stack but worth a look Holyhead ...
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Jemma on The Crimson Crimp 7b, Holyhead Breakwater
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Holyhead Breakwater Country Park Netmums
The Country Park was created in an old quarry at the base of Holyhead Mountain, there are 106 acres to explore and you can walk the 1¾ miles along the Holyhead Breakwater as well as lots of other coastal walks. There's lots to do for the whole family. There are orienteering and geocaching courses ......
Small model railways: January 2012
Jan 18, 2012· The line was originally built to 7' gauge in the late 1840's to help with the construction of the breakwater to bring stone down from the quarry on Holyhead mountain to the site of the breakwater. The line was converted to standard gauge in 1911 when further construction was needed....
Historic quarry provides stone for Holyhead memorial to ...
Mar 19, 2014· The quarry itself has played its part in Holyhead's seafaring traditions – it contributed seven million tons of stone for the harbour breakwater, the longest in the UK and once the longest in Europe, and stone and brick from the associated brickworks went to build much of the town....
Books and Videos Holyhead Maritime Museum
Holyhead Maritime Museum produced DVD (£) Three short bilingual videos on one DVD telling the enthralling story of Holyhead Port, the Great Breakwater/Quarry and the Lifeboats of Holy Island. Each one expertly produced by a local media company and narrated by Anglesey actors Celyn Jones and Allan Williams. Short promotional video here....
Thomas Telford The road to Holyhead Cycling North Wales
Thomas Telford – The road to Holyhead. ... Work commenced on building the breakwater in 1845 using 7 million tons of stone quarried from what is now the Breakwater Country Park, in addition to several thousand tons of dressed stone quarried at Moelfre on the NE side of Anglesey. ... Later, a brickworks was established in the quarry and its ......
Holyhead Silica Railway
A seven foot gauge tramway connected the mines with the brickworks and harbour at Porth Wen. The locomotive "Prince Albert" was built for the nearby broad gauge Holyhead Breakwater Railway by R. B. Longbridge Co. of the Bedlington Engine Works in Northumberland....
Hiya from Holyhead, North Wales | Sailing BLUE HEELER
Sep 14, 2017· Hiya from Holyhead, North Wales. ... The old quarry at the Breakwater Country Park provided the rocks to build the breakwater – the longest breakwater in Britain. ... Now there is a cafe and an old brick works displaying artworks and old photos of the area. Holyhead . View from marina . Holyhead Port lighthouse . Holyhead Marina ....
The Brickworks of Wales Mid and North Wales
Holyhead SH 2265 8325 The Breakwater Quarries opened in c1860 and William Wild and Sons opened a silica brickworks in 1901. The quarry ceased working in 1974 and the buildings are derelict but the area is now a country park and open to visitors....
Day out in Holyhead Holyhead Breakwater Country Park ...
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Awful Breakwater Country Park Cafe, Holyhead Traveller ...
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What is the population of Lushkan Brickworks
Lushkan Brickworks's population is 33. Go. ... What do they do in the minequarry Holyhead? ... The quarry was used to provide stone for the harbour breakwater and then as the site for a brickworks ......