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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 NW 95
Type of record:Monument
Name:Tower cement works, Northfleet

Summary

Site of a 19th century cement works. Northfleet.


Grid Reference:TQ 6155 7530
Map Sheet:TQ67NW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • CEMENT WORKS (closed by 1939, Post Medieval to Modern - 1873 AD to 1939 AD (between))

Full description

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William Goreham established a works at Northfleet in 1873. Closed before 1939 and partly reused as a concrete block factory (1). Site redeveloped. Site photographs (2-6). Area looks like being built over with modern container and shipping industry. (7)


<1> AJ Francis, History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6454.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9415.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9637.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9638.

<5> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10076.

<6> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10120.

<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Bibliographic reference: AJ Francis. History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3091. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1093. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1095. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 5017. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2070. print.
<7>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.