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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 NW 96 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Onward cement works, Northfleet |
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Summary
The site of a 19th century cement works at Northfleet.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6137 7557 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67NW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMENT WORKS (established pre 1897, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Onward Cement works, sharing a tramway and chalk pit with Tower Works. Est before 1897. This may have been the works established by Lawrence and Wimble from c1880 (1). Site photographs (2-6). No visible remains of the works during the 2005 coastal survey (7)
<1> AJ Francis, History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6454.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9406.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9415.
<4> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10072.
<5> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10077.
<6> 1980, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10817.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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. 3053. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3091. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 5006. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 5020. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1980. Photograph. TQ6077/2. print. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
