George Farren

Roedd George Farren (1836-1901) yn reolwr Chwarel yr Eifl, Trefor. Fe gafodd ei eni yn Llundain, yn fab hynaf bargyfreithiwr, yntau'n George Farren. Ar ôl derbyn hyfforddiant i fod yn bensaer, cafodd ei benodi gan gwmni adeiladu mawr Freeman, gan fod yn gyfrifol am y gwaith cerrig yn Nociau Surrey, ar oleudy Hanois ar Ynys Geurnsey, ac ar strwythurau ar Reilffordd Ymestynnol Gorllewin Llundain. ) 1863 hyd 1867, cafodd waith fel rheolwr cyffredinol a pheiriannydd Cwmni Ithfaen Ynys Wair (Lundy).

Ym 1868, cafodd swydd debyg gan y Cwmni Ithfaen Cymreig ac yn y man fe ddaeth yn Reolwr Cyfarwyddwr y cwmni hwnnw. Datblygodd chwareli'r cwmni ger Trefor yn gyflym dan ei reolaeth. Fo oedd yn gyfrifol am adeiladu Harbwr Trefor lle gellai llongau stêm o hyd at 500 tunelledd lwytho, am adeiladu system o 5 inclèin, ryw 1880 llath o hyd i gyd, a gweithdy i drwsio a chynnal peiriannau ac injans stem y cwmni. Datblygodd ymhellach y gwaith o adeiladu pentref Trefor, yr oedd y cyn reolwr Trefor Jones wedi dechrau arno, ynghyd ag eglwys ac ysgol, a gosod traeniau effeithiol trwy'r pentref.

The quarries of the West Granite Company at Llanaelhaiarn developed rapidly under Mr. Farren’s management, and now form the staple industry of a large district, and provide employment for a great number of men. Among the works which he designed and constructed for the Welsh Granite Company may be mentioned Trevor Harbour at Llanaelhaiarn, which now forms a small harbour of refuge wherein steamers up to 500 tons burden are regularly loaded, five inclines of a total length of 1,880 yards, and a ‘factory for the repair and maintenance of the company’s works and locomotives. He also laid out, designed Downloaded by [] on [19/02/20]. Copyright © ICE Publishing, all rights reserved. Obitnq.] GEORGE FARREN. 315 and constructed the village of Trevor, with a church and school- house, and efficient drainage. In 1895-96 he designed and carried out the works for the Gwylwyr quarry, including a landing-stage running into the dpen sea, and a 3-fOOt gauge railway. Mr. Farren’s relations with his workmen were good; he took considerable interest in their welfare, and in that of their families, and when from time to time disputes arose, they were, as a rule, amicably settled. He was a member of the Carnarvon Harbour Trust, and, in that capacity, made a study of the formation of sandbanks in the Menai Straits, and of the means of preventing the silting up of the navigable channel. A member of the Carnarvon County Council since its formation, he acted as Chair- man of its Light Railways Committee. For many years he sat on the magisterial bench, being, at the time of his death, senior magistrate of the Carnarvon county division, and in 1899 he acted as High Sheriff of the county, Mr. Farren contributed several papers to the Liverpool Engineering Society,’ of which he was President in the year 1897. He was also a member of the Statistical Society. He died at his residence, Trefenai, Carnarvon, on the 10th April, 1901. Mr. Farren was elected an Associate of the Institution on the 14th January, 1868, was subsequently placed in the class of Associate Members, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 15th Decem 1896

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