epw017658 ENGLAND (1927). The Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe, 1927

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Title [EPW017658] The Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe, 1927
Reference EPW017658
Date April-1927
Link
Place name SWANSCOMBE
Parish SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 560198, 175230
Longitude / Latitude 0.30588739586474, 51.452867454565
National Grid Reference TQ602752

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A central producer gas plant supplied gas to gas engines that drove the cement and slurry mills.

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Vertical chalk quarry faces close to both sides of London Road.

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Weston's Cement Plant

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User Comment Contributions

For details, history and many links, see [[http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_swanscombe.html]].

Dylan Moore
Thursday 18th of October 2012 08:59:36 PM
Swanscombe before its rebuild.

Dylan Moore
Tuesday 16th of October 2012 11:20:11 PM
This shows APCM's Swanscombe Cement Plant prior to its rebuild in 1928-29. With 14 (originally 16) operating rotary kilns, it was Britain’s biggest plant until the rebuild of the Bevans plant in 1926.

Dylan Moore
Tuesday 16th of October 2012 05:21:19 PM