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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 209 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Northfleet Power Station ash dumping site |
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Summary
Site of power station; ash dumping site (WX19436) and coal stock site (WX19437); (and WW2 construction works (WX19200))
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 631 743 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- POWER STATION (Demolished 1993-4, Modern - 1956 AD to 1994 AD (between))
Full description
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Northfleet Power Station, built 1956-62, demolished 1994. Significant stage in power station design combining extensive fenestration with functional exterior. Station located at TQ 632 744, coal stock at TQ 630 742 (TQ 67 SW 1055) and ash dump at TQ 631 738 (TQ 67 SW 1054). (1) Associated record: TQ 67 SW 1050 (1,2), additional reference (3), site photographs (4-6). Site of an aggregate works, gravel depot. (7)
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
<1> Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Power Stations Of The Lower Thames, RCHME Power Stations of the Lower Thames (1995, Guillery and Williams) (Unpublished document). SWX6965.
<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Frank Turner 198? The Maunsell Sea Forts & Reinforced Concrete Floating Dry Docks (booklets pub by a (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<3> RCHME, 1994, The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend, Neg. AA94/3435 (Photograph). SWX9333.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9437.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9472.
<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10059.
<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England. 1995. Power Stations Of The Lower Thames. RCHME Power Stations of the Lower Thames (1995, Guillery and Williams). |
| <2> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Frank Turner 198? The Maunsell Sea Forts & Reinforced Concrete Floating Dry Docks (booklets pub by a. |
| <3> | Photograph: RCHME. 1994. The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend. various. Neg. AA94/3435. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4128. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4015. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3089. print. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
