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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 124 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Tramway to Nine Elms Works from Johnson's Works, Cliffe |
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Summary
Disused tramway from chalkpit/Johnson's Cement Works to Nine Elms Cement Works. It was constructed by Frances and Co. in the late 1860s and is still in use as a track.
Grid Reference: | TQ 7177 7653 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TRAMWAY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1860 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Tramway linking Nine Elms Cement Works (TQ 77 NW 37) at the mouth of Cliffe Creek with a chalkpit next to Johnson's Works (TQ 77 NW 122). Constructed by Frances and Co in the late 1860s. Now used as track (1).
Site photographs (2-10).
Additional information (11-12).
Francis and Co negotiated the lease of land for a tramway from the quarry to proposed cement works on Cliffe Creek in 1866 [Darnley Mss. U565 E9]. The works and presumably the tramway were in operation in 1866. There was no connection with Johnson's until the amalgamation of the firms in 1886. The tramway remained in operation after the Nine Elms works closed soon after amalgamation within APCM in 1900, presumably until the Quarryworks closed in 1920.(13)
<1> Barnes, B. and Innes, B., 1984, A nineteenth Century Cement Works at Cliffe (Article in serial). SWX7719.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9425.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9426.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9449.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9635.
<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9775.
<7> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9858.
<8> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9865.
<9> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10111.
<10> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10273.
<11> Eve, David., 1999, The Cement Industry in Kent: Results of a Sites and Monuments Record Enhancement Project 1996 - 98 (Unpublished document). SKE12011.
<12> English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme, 2001, Lime, Cement and Plaster Industries Step 4 Report (Unpublished document). SKE12174.
<13> Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Article in serial: Barnes, B. and Innes, B.. 1984. A nineteenth Century Cement Works at Cliffe. 75, pages 106-10. |
<2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4038. print. |
<3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4036. print. |
<4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4071. print. |
<5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1076. print. |
<6> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4109. print. |
<7> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4041. print. |
<8> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4064. print. |
<9> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2045. print. |
<10> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 166. print. |
<11> | Unpublished document: Eve, David.. 1999. The Cement Industry in Kent: Results of a Sites and Monuments Record Enhancement Project 1996 - 98. |
<12> | Unpublished document: English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme. 2001. Lime, Cement and Plaster Industries Step 4 Report. |
<13> | Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication. |
Related records
TQ 77 NW 123 | Part of: Cliffe Creek Canal, Cliffe (Monument) |
TQ 77 NW 122 | Part of: Johnson's cement works, The Quarry Works, Cliffe (Monument) |
TQ 77 NW 37 | Part of: Site of The Nine Elms Cement Works, Cliffe Creek (Monument) |
TQ 77 NW 125 | Part of: The Pottery Cement and Whiting Works, Cliffe Creek (Monument) |