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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NW 420
Type of record:Monument
Name:Co operative Barge Building Yard

Summary

Site of a barge and boat building yard.


Grid Reference:TQ 73590 67640
Map Sheet:TQ76NW
Parish:ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • BOAT YARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1892 AD to 1914 AD?)

Full description

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Site of a barge and boat building yard constructed after 1892 by the Medway Barge Building Co operative. There were barge blocks, covered slip and workshop. The site was absorbed into Short Bros aircraft factory.
(1) J M Preston, Industrial Medway.


Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.

Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.

Sources and further reading

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---Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication.