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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 SW 1080 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The 1926 Incorporating Mills, Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham |
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Summary
Group of Incorporating Mills buit in 1926 (remained in use until 1934). Mostly built of concrete and iron girders with superstructures of brick and wood. Four pairs of mills and a central motor compartment in each set. There were 8 Suspended Runner Mill machines (4 each of ' Kynoch' and 'Chilworth' mill types), powered by electric motors.
| Grid Reference: | TR 00456 62593 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06SW |
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| Parish: | FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- INCORPORATING MILL (Modern - 1926 AD to 1934 AD)
Full description
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Group of Incorporating Mills buit in 1926 (remained in use until 1934). Mostly built of concrete and iron girders with superstructures of brick and wood. Four pairs of mills and a central motor compartment in each set. A detailed description from 1928 informs us that there were 8 Suspended Runner Mill machines (4 each of ' Kynoch' and 'Chilworth' mill types), powered by 25 hp totally enclosed electric motors. When the works was closed in 1934 some of the machinery was transferred to Ardeer in Ayrshire. Much of the superstructure of the buildings was dismantled at this time and what survives is concrete and brick lower level and the standing walls of brick which formed the rear of the 4 motor houses.(1)
<1> Broadway Malyan Cultural Heritage, 2004, Archaeological Recording at Oare Gunpowder Works The 1926 Incorporating Mills (Unpublished document). SKE15688.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Broadway Malyan Cultural Heritage. 2004. Archaeological Recording at Oare Gunpowder Works The 1926 Incorporating Mills. |
Related records
| TR 06 SW 1079 | Parent of: The Cooperage, Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (Building) |
| TR 06 SW 1078 | Parent of: The Corning House, Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (Monument) |
| TR 06 SW 1076 | Parent of: The Glazing House, Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (Monument) |
| TR 06 SW 65 | Part of: Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (Monument) |
| TR 06 SW 1077 | Part of: The Early Incorporating Mills and the Engine House, Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (Monument) |
