Fonds GB 0210 CROESOR - Croesor Slate Quarries Records,

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GB 0210 CROESOR

Teitl

Croesor Slate Quarries Records,

Dyddiad(au)

  • 1878-1920 / (Creation)

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Fonds

Maint a chyfrwng

0.131 cubic metres (65 volumes)

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Hanes gweinyddol

Croesor slate quarry, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire, first opened in the 1850s, and was operated by Croesor United Slate Co. Ltd until it closed in 1878. Nearby Parc quarry was opened c. 1870, employing up to 50 men, coming under the management of the engineer Moses Kellow (1862-1943). In 1895, Croesor quarry was reopened under Kellow's management and run in conjunction with Parc quarry by the Parc and Croesor Slate Quarries Company Limited, producing 5,000 tonnes of slate per annum. The two quarries were notable for being totally underground and for the technical innovations introduced by Kellow such as the first use of electric locomotives and his patent rock drill. Despite these innovations, the mines declined in the early 20th century, and Parc closed in 1920, and Croesor in 1930.

Hanes archifol

Ffynhonnell

The archive appears to have been donated by the estate of Bob Owen, Croesor, 1964.

Ardal cynnwys a strwythur

Natur a chynnwys

Press letter books, 1878-1920, press invoice books, 1878-1919, account books, 1893-1920, and a minute book, 1900-1901.

Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu

Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..

Croniadau

Accruals are not expected.

System o drefniant

Arranged chronologically into the following series: press letter books, press invoice books, pay account books, and expenses/petty cash books.

Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd

Amodau rheoli mynediad

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu

The usual copyright regulations apply.

Iaith y deunydd

Sgript o ddeunydd

Nodiadau iaith a sgript

English.

Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol

Cymhorthion chwilio

A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.

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Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol

Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau

Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig

Further records are in National Library of Wales, Papurau Bob Owen, Croesor. Records relating to the early history of Croesor Slate Quarry are in Meirionnydd Archives, Z/DAW.

Disgrifiadau cysylltiedig

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Nodiadau

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill

Virtua system control number

vtls003844054

Project identifier

ANW

Pwyntiau mynediad

Pwyntiau mynediad Enw

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Dynodwr disgrifiad

Dynodwr sefydliad

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd

Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH

Statws

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Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead

January 2003

Iaith(ieithoedd)

  • Saesneg

Sgript(iau)

Ffynonellau

Nodyn yr archifydd

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Croesor Slate Quarries Records; 'The Park and Croesor Quarries' (www.llechicymru.info/PDF/Croesor.pdf), originally printed in the Slate Trade Gazette, February 1911, viewed 14 November 2003; Richards, Alun John, A Gazeteer of the Welsh Slate Industry (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1991); Richards, Alun John, The Slate Regions of North and Mid Wales and their Railways (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1999).

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