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William Wild a'r Meibion
Ar ôl cwblhau'r gwaith ar y Morglawdd roedd y chwareli ar Mynydd Twr, (safle'r Parc Gwledig y Morglawdd erbyn hyn),
yn dal i gvnhyrchu cerrig ond ar raddfa lai o lawer. Dros gyfnod o 100 mlynedd bu sawl contractwr yn gweithio ar y safle
ac un o'r rhain oedd William Wild a'r Meibion. Bu William Wild a'i weithwyr yn gweithio yn y chwareli am dros 75 mlynedd.
Ynddynt cynhyrchwyd defnyddiau oedd yn medru gwrthsefyll gwres uchel a chloddiwyd am gerrig i drwsio'r Morglawdd.
Dechreuodd William Wild redeg chwarel ar y safle bwn o gwmpas 1894.
Ac yn 1901 adeiladodd y cwmni offer i wneud brics. Rhyngddynt gal lai'r
odynnau losgi rhwng 10,000 a 18,000 o fries.
Caent eu defnyddio mewn ffwrneisi i doddi dur a chopr.
Yn 1922 cynhyrchwyd 20,000 tunnell o fries a cherrig yn y gwaith. Roedd ynddo 100 o ddynion a gyrrwyd y cynnyrch i Cumberland,
Glasgow a glannau Merswy.
Mi roedd cychod yn bwrw angpr wrth gei y morglawdd ac ynddynt lô ar gyfer ffwrneisi'r chwarel a'r peiriannau
stem. Ar 24 Tachwedd, 1905 bwriodd y 'Rosabelle' angor i gael ei llwytho gyda brics tan. Yn yr un wythnos dadlwythwyd naw deg
a chwech o dunelii o lô o'r 'Enterprise'.
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William Wild and Sons
Following the completion of the construction of the Breakwater, the quarries at Holyhead Mountain (now the Breakwater Country Park)
continued to supply stone,
albeit on a much reduced scale. Over a 100 year period, several contractors worked on site, one of which was
William Wild & Sons. William Wild and his workforce worked the quarries for over 75 years. Heat resistant materials
were produced and large stones for maintaining the Breakwater sea wall.
William Wild began quarrying at this site at about 1894. They built, a plant for the manufacture
of bricks here in 1901. The kilns were capable of burning between 10,000 and 18,000 bricks.
The bricks produced were used in furnaces for steel and copper smelting.
In 1922 the plant produced 20,000 tons of brick and stone. A 100 men were employed. Products were sent to Cumberland, Glasgow and
the Mersey.
Vessels berthed at the breakwater quay bringing a supply of coal for the quarry furnaces and steam engines. On the 24th November,
1905, the 'Rosabelle' berthed to be loaded with firebricks. In the same week, ninety six tons of coal was unloaded from the 'Enterprise'.
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