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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 206 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Imperial Portland Cement Works, Northfleet |
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Summary
Site of 19th century cement works, Northfleet.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6304 7441 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMENT WORKS (CEMENT WORKS, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Imperial Portland Cement Works est 1898, sharing quarry with the Red Lion works adjacent. Closed by 1930s, later built upon by Northfleet Power Station. (1). Now a huge construction site liley any remains have been demolished. (2)
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
<1> AJ Francis, History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6454.
<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
