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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 NW 1000 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Tower Wharf, Northfleet |
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Summary
Tower Wharf, Northfleet, and quayside facilities
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6168 7524 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67NW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RIVER WHARF (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD (throughout))
- SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The recent (1990s) construction of large bonded shed houses and three 40 ton gantry cranes (a facility of Cargo Transit Services Ltd) is evidence of continuing and substantial port activity on the Thames (1).The wharf is still in use and maintained (2)
<1> RCHME, 1994, The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend, Neg. AA94/3425 (Photograph). SWX9333.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
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. AA94/3425. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
