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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SE 152 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Port Victoria halt, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
Port Victoria halt is marked on the 2nd and 3rd edition Ordnance Survey maps (c.1891-1922). Also visible in aerial photographs taken after World War II.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 879 739 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RAILWAY STATION (Post Medieval to Modern - 1882 AD to 1951 AD)
Full description
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Site photographs of a port Victorian halt (1-6).
From The National Monuments Record:
Terminal station of the Hundred of Hoo railway, built in 1882, demolished in 1951. The extension from Sharnal Street to Port Victoria opened on 11.9.1882. Port Victoria station was located on a wooden pier in the River Medway Estuary. When the pier was declared unsafe in 1931 the station was closed and shortly afterwards demolished. A new temporary wooden platform was built close to the landward side of the pier. This was later replaced by a concrete platform; there was also a new brick signalbox. The station was finally closed in 1951 when an expansion of the oil refinery required the land. All evidence of the station was swept away but at low tide it is still possible to see some of the piles from the pier.
Mentioned in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014 (7)
<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9495.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9558.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9646.
<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9798.
<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9817.
<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9818.
<7> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3054. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4028. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4458. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3018. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4032. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4035. print. |
| <7> | Monograph: English Heritage. 2014. Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SE 1314 | Part of: HOO JUNCTION AND PORT VICTORIA RAILWAY (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SE 342 | Part of: Site of Milton Range halt (Monument) |
