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This sculpture and rail wagon stand beside the Llangollen Canal at Froncysyllte as a reminder of the local lime industry. The nearby Froncysyllte kilns were supplied from the Pen-y-graig quarries to the south-west. Stone was brought down a 2ft gauge self-acting incline. The works was formerly worked by the Chirk Castle Lime & Stone Co Ltd and later by Harry Williams & Son. In 1958 the incline was closed and lifted and the quarries closed by 1965.