History of the East Mendip quarries | Detailed site information ...
On his death in 1894, his partner, John Hamblin, took over and, with Frederick Spencer, in 1902 set up the Mendip Granite and Asphalte Co. Ltd. to run this and as well as Waterlip and later, the Downhead 'basalt' quarries. Mendip Granite became Mendip Mountain Quarries Ltd. in 1923 and almost immediately became part of Roads Reconstruction Ltd.
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