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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 344 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Lifting bridge over Thames and Medway canal |
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Summary
Bridge over Thames and Medway canal
Grid Reference: | TQ 6945 7370 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ67SE |
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Parish: | SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- LIFT BRIDGE (LIFTING BRIDGE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Site of the only lift bridge on the Thames and Medway Canal, carrying Queen's Farm Rd. to Shommead Fort. This section of the canal has been filled in and the bridge deck removed, site photographs (1-5). No visible remains of the bridge noted during the 2005 coastal survey (6)
<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9429.
<2> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9834.
<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10014.
<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10284.
<5> 1973, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10908.
<6> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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 (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4105. print. |
<2> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3048. print. |
<3> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3016. print. |
<4> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 187. print. |
<5> | Photograph (Print): 1973. Photograph. TQ6973/1. print. |
<6> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
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