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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 NE 1001 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | White's Jetty, Broadness |
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Summary
Whictes jetty , located on the southern bank of the Theames on the edge of the swanscome marses, was the terminus of mineral railway associated with the Cement works. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6001 7615 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67NW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- LANDING PIER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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White's Jetty is the terminus of a rail link to cement works in Swanscombe. (1) The jetty is fenced off, but from what is visible it appears to be in good condition. (2) It is visible on the fourth edition OS map of the area dating to 1929-1952 (3) the north eastern end is thought to have housed a Minewatching observation post during the Second World War.
<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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.
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> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
Related records
| TQ 67 NW 106 | Parent of: Bell Wharf Second World War minewatching post, Swanscombe, Kent (Monument) |
| TQ 67 NW 98 | Part of: J. B. White Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe (Monument) |
| TQ 67 NW 99 | Part of: Tramway J. B. White Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe (Monument) |
| TQ 67 NW 99 | Part of: Tramway J. B. White Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe (Monument) |
| TQ 67 NW 99 | Part of: Tramway J. B. White Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe (Monument) |
| TQ 67 NW 99 | Part of: Tramway J. B. White Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe (Monument) |
