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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1041
Type of record:Monument
Name:Landing Stage/Steps by Kent and Essex steam ferry pier

Summary

Landing Stage/Steps by Kent and Essex steam ferry pier

Grid Reference:TQ 64651 74485
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • LANDING POINT (Earlier than 1930, Modern - 1930 AD to 1930 AD (pre))
  • SITE (Modern - 1930 AD to 1930 AD (pre))

Full description

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Landing Stage/Steps marked on the 3rd ed OS map (1).There is a landing stage for ferrys and some commercial small craft at this point. It is a floating landging stage on pontoons. It is still in use for ferry and a tourist boat, the Princess Pocahontas. (2)


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.