| Name: | ICI Cooks Explosives works old fire station site |
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| Town: | Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd |
| Brigade: | North Wales |
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| Year Range: |
?-1990s? (demolished) |
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Unconfirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 52.927759 North
04.057602 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=38&coll_id=3038&expand=
- In 1949, R. T. Cooke applied for a licence to store explosives at Croesor Quarry, in Penrhyndeudraeth. In 1964, I.C.I purchased the quarry. Cookes Explosives Works closed in the 1990s
http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/85184/images/COOKE%27S+EXPLOSIVE+WORKS%2C+PENRHYNDEUDRAETH/
- has aerial photos of works, but unable to determine location of fire station building
- map plot from above site located fire station close to main road, so plotted there
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