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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 287 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Gravesend Gasworks |
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Summary
Gasworks on site by at least the 1860s.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 65872 74134 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SE |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GAS WORKS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1860 AD? to 1970 AD?)
Full description
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Gasworks were moved to this site from a site in the west of the town to avoid river dues on coal and to be adjacent to the Canal basin of the Thames and Medway canal. Had a retort house, gasomaters and a tramway.
Appears on the OS 25" maps 1st to 4th editions.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication. |
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