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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 238 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Smeed Dean gas works, Sittingbourne |
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Summary
Site of gas works operated by the Smeed firm from 1863.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9193 6488 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96SW |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GAS WORKS (Post Medieval - 1863 AD to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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Gas works financed and erected by George Smeed in 1863. The works supplied street lamps in Sittingbourne as well as being available for domestic use.
Marked on 1st and 2nd editions O.S.
Appears to have been out of use by early 1900s.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication. |
