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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 NW 1019 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Transmission tower, Swanscombe Marshes |
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Summary
193m tall transmission tower carying power lines across Thames linking with another 1600m away on the north bank adjoining West Thurrrock Power Station. Constructed in 1965 and the two towers may be the tallest electricity pylons in the UK. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6024 7620 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67NW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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193m tall transmission tower: first point on south bank of Thames carrying power lines across the river, linking with another 1600m away on the north bank adjoining West Thurrrock Power Station. (1). Seen in 2005 coastal survey, still in use (2) This is reputed to have been erected in 1965 and the two towers may be the tallest electricity pylons in the UK.(3)
<1> RCHME, 1994, The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend, Neg. AA94/3419 (Photograph). SWX9333.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
<3> Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society, 2003, Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society website (Website). SKE30210.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RCHME. 1994. The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend. various. Neg. AA94/3419. |
| <2>XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. [Mapped feature: #107058 transmission tower, ] |
| <3> | Website: Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society. 2003. Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society website. |
