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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 NW 97 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Joyce Green explosives works |
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Summary
Works of 1915 manufacturing gunpowder, closed 1989
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5415 7615 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57NW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Explosives factory established by Perch1orate Safety Explosives Ltd in 1915 at Joyce Green. Purchased by Joseph Wells and Sons in 1930s and, since 1968 a Series of others (Schermuly Ltd; Pains Wessex; Unwin Pyrotechnics) until finally closed by Astra in 1989. Presently (1993) disused with some 60 small buildings standing separated by blast walls (1). Site photographs (2-6). Overgrown and fenced off area unable to access the explosive works in 2005 (7)
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, N Dartford Campus, Uni of Greenwich 1994. MOLAS (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9411.
<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10032.
<4> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10045.
<5> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10052.
<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10055.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. N Dartford Campus, Uni of Greenwich 1994. MOLAS. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3077. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4010. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4135. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3219. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4270. print. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
