 The trio also acquired control of the Festiniog Railway Company and the Snowdon Mountain Tramroad & Hotels Company Ltd, running them all from Dolgarrog for a time.Aluminium reduction ceased in 1944, following a review by the Ministry of Aircraft Production of 1943 which showed that aluminium ingot produced at Dolgarrog cost over £300 per ton compared with Canadian imports at £110 per ton.Production thereafter concentrated upon re-melted, rolled and specialist goods including patterned sheet, cookware and advanced alloys.