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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 553 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Dover Harbour Contractor's Railway - Martin Mill |
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Summary
Dover Harbour Contractor's Railway - Martin Mill
| Grid Reference: | TR 3363 4420 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | GUSTON, DOVER, KENT |
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| LANGDON, DOVER, KENT |
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| ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RAILWAY (1898-1919, Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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S Pearson and Son Ltd, the contractor for Dover's Admiralty Harbour built in 1898-9 a standard guage private railway from a junction with the South Eastern & Chatham Railway at Martin Mill Station for the transportation of sand & gravel. The railway pre-dates the Cliff Road and some of the sleepers are still in position along the cliff edge. By 1919 the railway was probably disused.(1)
<1> Nicola Bannister, 1999, Langdon Cliffs Survey (Unpublished document). SKE6595.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 1999. Langdon Cliffs Survey. |
