Trefor Granite Quarry

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.

Trefor granite quarry.

Curling stones are made from three types of quartz free granite. Trefor granite quarry ailsa craig paddy s milestone visitors to the barony st. Even today 60 70 percent of all curling stones comes from granite extracted from alisa craig. But during a rare few hours of sunshine last weekend it was a magical place to be.

John buildings will frequently gaze out to the sea and ask what the small island is in the distance. By now the harbour is used as a sheltered anchorage for fishing boats. Curling stones require this rare granite that has low water absorption which prevents the action of repeatedly freezing water from eroding the stone. A granite quarry trefor granite quarry or the yr eifl quarry opened there in 1850.

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. Blue hone ailsa craig common green both found on ailsa craig island and trefor which can be found in the trefor quarry of wales. Trefor quarry sh36304600 developed to be the world s biggest granite quarry and by 1931 had produced 1 157 000 tons of setts. 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.

Trefor quarries mill wagon this model is based on the wooden bodied wagons used at the trefor granite quarries originally spelt trevor on othe lleyn peninsulaf north wales. 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 village developed after the granite quarry opened and the doc bach dock quay and harbourwere built for exporting setts. The wagons were top loaded at the stone crushing mill located on the quarry s bottom level with granite road chippings.

Trefor granite is used to make curling rocks. A stroll around the top of what i assume to be some kind of stone crushing structure at trefor north wales.