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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 248 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Tramway Chalk Pit (or Pits), South of The Hill, Northfleet |
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Summary
Remains of tramway surving in chalk pit(s). The tramway would have supplied the Portland Cement Works to the north and later in the 1920's -30's the southern quarry extension.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 62345 73954 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TRAMWAY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1890 AD? to 1939 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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Tramway surving quarrying south of the Hill, Northfleet. Evidence of the curving early 20th route of the eastern tramway survives as hardstanding, although no track or other signs of the tramway remain. Two former tunnels survive.(1)
<1> Essex County Council, 2003, Aggregates Levy Survey Industrial Sites, KN554 (Unpublished document). SKE12009.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Essex County Council. 2003. Aggregates Levy Survey Industrial Sites. KN554. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 249 | Parent of: Tramway Tunnel Chalk Pit (or Pits), South of The Hill, Northfleet (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 250 | Parent of: Tramway Tunnel Chalk Pit (or Pits), South of The Hill, Northfleet (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 251 | Parent of: Tramway Tunnel Chalk Pit (or Pits), South of The Hill, Northfleet (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 243 | Part of: Chalk Pit (or Pits), South of The Hill, Northfleet (Monument) |
