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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 223
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Second World War construction camp at Red Lion Wharf

Summary

WWII construction camp, near site of Northfleet Power Station

Grid Reference:	TQ 630 741
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

CONSTRUCTION CAMP (Modern - 1941 AD to 1945 AD (between))

Full description

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Construction camp established at Red Lion Wharf, later to be used as the site of the power station and its coaling wharf, during 1941 by Holloway Brothers to build four concrete floating forts. These forts, designed by Guy Maunsell, were used for anti-arcraft batteries in the Thames and Medway estuaries from 1942. Holloways subsequently built 21 anti-aircraft towers during 1943, also for offshore use, and concrete floating dry dock during 1944-5. (2). Only the twin chimneys remain standing (1994) (3).

Additional site photographs (4-6).

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, RCHME Power Stations of the Lower Thames (1995, Guillery and Williams) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Frank Turner 198? The Maunsell Sea Forts & Reinforced Concrete Floating Dry Docks (booklets pub by a (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<3> RCHME, 1994, The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend, Neg. AA94/3435 (Photograph). SWX9333.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9437.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9472.

<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10059.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. RCHME Power Stations of the Lower Thames (1995, Guillery and Williams).
<2>	Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Frank Turner 198? The Maunsell Sea Forts & Reinforced Concrete Floating Dry Docks (booklets pub by a.
<3>	Photograph: RCHME. 1994. The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend. various. Neg. AA94/3435.
<4>	Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4128. print.
<5>	Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4015. print.
<6>	Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3089. print.

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