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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 205 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Weston & Co cement works, Grove Road, Northfleet |
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Summary
Site of nineteenth century Western and Co. cement works.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6176 7486 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMENT WORKS (1860's to c.1900, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Weston & Co operated a works from 1860s until c1900. (1) A Portland Cement Works existing pre-1870 on the S side of Grove Road near Robin's Creek may have been Weston's. By 1939 the buildings were demolished and partly redeveloped as a football ground. Site photographs (2-5).
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
<1> AJ Francis, History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6454.
<2> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10025.
<3> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10119.
<4> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10827.
<5> 1971, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10829.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: AJ Francis. History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3094. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2068. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1993. Photograph. TQ6174/1. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1971. Photograph. TQ6274/1. print. |
