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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NW 82 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Elmley Island works; Elmley, Sheppey |
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Summary
Cement works
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9262 6782 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Unknown date)
- CEMENT WORKS (est 1854, Post Medieval to Modern - 1854 AD to 2050 AD (between))
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Elmley Island Cement Works, Elmley |
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Full description
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The works were established by William Levett in c1854 and taken over by MacLean, Levett and Co. in 1895. (1) The works seems to have been moved from its original site (just to the south at TQ 9255 6775) by 1868 and re-established at a new dock. This featured a new group of buildings on its north side with wash backs beyond them. Some works cottages and a pub were built at the eastern edge of the site. The original buildings had been cleared by this time. By 1908 the works had expanded with several new buildings added on the north side of the existing block, probably on the site of some washbacks. The works has subsequently been cleared but several remains can be seen (2-3). Site identified during 2002 survey and comprises extensive brick and concrete remains of cement works but seaward side of works may be protected under modern sea wall (4).
<1> AJ Francis, History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914, Page Nos. 196 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6454.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9604.
<3> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10410.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: AJ Francis. History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914. Page Nos. 196. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4194. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 174. print. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot). |
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