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The closed and partially demolished Aberthaw B Power Station seen from Watchet. It was commissioned in 1971 and had a generating capacity of 1,560 MW. Closure came on 31 March 2020. The nearby cement works can be seen to the right, peeping over the mound of ash.

The Aberthaw limekilns were built in 1888 to burn blue lias limestone pebbles collected from the foreshore. The original works comprised two pots each with a diameter of 18ft and a capacity of 300 tons. The daily combined output was 40 tons of burned lime. After 1900 a pair of large oval pot draw kilns was added at the rear. The kilns were abandoned in 1926.

Aberthaw Quarry supplies Blue Lias limestone and shale to the nearby cement plant via this conveyor.

Aberthaw B Power Station, was latterly fired with biomass as well as coal. It was commissioned in 1971 and had a generating capacity of 1,560 MW. Closure came on 31 March 2020.

The Aberthaw and Bristol Channel Portland Cement Company was established in 1912 by the Beynon family. The works started in 1914 with two small wet process kilns with a production capacity of 120 tonnes per day each. A third wet kiln was added after the Second World War, and a fourth in 1957. This brought clinker capacity to 1200 tonnes per day. In 1967, Kiln 5, a much more efficient dry process kiln, was installed. The wet process kilns were decommissioned in 1974, and Kiln 6 - also a dry kiln was started in 1975. Kiln 6 remains in operation today. In 1919 the company took over the nearby Aberthaw and Rhoose Point Portland and Lime Company. Blue Circle bought the two sites at Aberthaw and Rhoose in 1983. In 1987 Rhoose Works closed. Lafarge Cement UK bought Blue Circle industries PLC in 2001, creating the largest cement maker in the world. Cement from the site is carried to destinations by Road and Rail (rail services being provided by Freightliner heavy haul and Colas Rail over the Vale of Glamorgan Line). Thanks to Wikipedia for the history.

The Aberthaw and Bristol Channel Portland Cement Company was established in 1912 by the Beynon family. The works started in 1914 with two small wet process kilns with a production capacity of 120 tonnes per day each. A third wet kiln was added after the Second World War, and a fourth in 1957. This brought clinker capacity to 1200 tonnes per day. In 1967, Kiln 5, a much more efficient dry process kiln, was installed. The wet process kilns were decommissioned in 1974, and Kiln 6 - also a dry kiln was started in 1975. Kiln 6 remains in operation today. In 1919 the company took over the nearby Aberthaw and Rhoose Point Portland and Lime Company. Blue Circle bought the two sites at Aberthaw and Rhoose in 1983. In 1987 Rhoose Works closed. Lafarge Cement UK bought Blue Circle industries PLC in 2001, creating the largest cement maker in the world. Cement from the site is carried to destinations by Road and Rail (rail services being provided by Freightliner heavy haul and Colas Rail over the Vale of Glamorgan Line). Thanks to Wikipedia for the history. More information here: www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_aberthaw.html

The Aberthaw limekilns were built in 1888 to burn blue lias limestone pebbles collected from the foreshore. The original works comprised two pots each with a diameter of 18ft and a capacity of 300 tons. The daily combined output was 40 tons of burned lime. After 1900 a pair of large oval pot draw kilns was added at the rear. The kilns were abandoned in 1926.

The Aberthaw and Bristol Channel Portland Cement Company was established in 1912 by the Beynon family. The works started in 1914 with two small wet process kilns with a production capacity of 120 tonnes per day each. A third wet kiln was added after the Second World War, and a fourth in 1957. This brought clinker capacity to 1200 tonnes per day. In 1967, Kiln 5, a much more efficient dry process kiln, was installed. The wet process kilns were decommissioned in 1974, and Kiln 6 - also a dry kiln was started in 1975. Kiln 6 remains in operation today. In 1919 the company took over the nearby Aberthaw and Rhoose Point Portland and Lime Company. Blue Circle bought the two sites at Aberthaw and Rhoose in 1983. In 1987 Rhoose Works closed. Lafarge Cement UK bought Blue Circle industries PLC in 2001, creating the largest cement maker in the world. Cement from the site is carried to destinations by Road and Rail (rail services being provided by Freightliner heavy haul and Colas Rail over the Vale of Glamorgan Line). Thanks to Wikipedia for the history.

Another view of a Ruston Proctor steam shovel in the quarry at Aberthaw cement works in 1915.

Ruston Proctor steam shovel in the quarry at Aberthaw cement works in 1915.