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EAW041092 ENGLAND (1951). The Metropolitan and the Aluminous Cement Works, West Thurrock, from the south, 1951. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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Manylion
| Pennawd | [EAW041092] The Metropolitan and the Aluminous Cement Works, West Thurrock, from the south, 1951. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
| Cyfeirnod | EAW041092 |
| Dyddiad | 25-October-1951 |
| Dolen | |
| Enw lle | WEST THURROCK |
| Plwyf | |
| Ardal | |
| Gwlad | ENGLAND |
| Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad | 557326, 177834 |
| Hydred / Lledred | 0.26574198511449, 51.477071189537 |
| Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol | TQ573778 |
Pinnau
 Looks like a London Transport country RT type bus? but did L.T. run this far into Essex? |
Bayman1 |
Friday 6th of June 2014 12:23:43 PM |
| Concrete lamp post - seems appropriate. I think this would be pre-stressed concrete with a cantilever swan neck on the top. This design used to be common but all seem to have been replaced by steel columns. |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:34:55 AM |
| Another road (track) on a high level chalk 'isthmus' with a railway underneath linking the pit to the right to the works. |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:30:44 AM |
| This appears to be wagon repair shed. |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:28:16 AM |
| Works locomotive shed |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:27:24 AM |
| A cluster of small industrial steam engines. |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:26:58 AM |
| Rail wagons and lorries being loaded with finished product. |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:25:55 AM |
| Working face with wagons being loaded with chalk by shovels. |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:24:48 AM |
| Railway tunnel linking pits |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:23:44 AM |
| Road left on top of residual 'wall' of chalk. |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:22:57 AM |
| chalk pit |
Maurice |
Friday 6th of June 2014 05:21:53 AM |
| cement (finish) mill house |
Dylan Moore |
Sunday 27th of April 2014 12:52:06 PM |
| Cement Silos |
Dylan Moore |
Sunday 27th of April 2014 12:48:02 PM |
| Coal Store |
Dylan Moore |
Sunday 27th of April 2014 12:40:25 PM |
| Clinker Store |
Dylan Moore |
Sunday 27th of April 2014 12:40:04 PM |
| packing and loading plant |
Dylan Moore |
Sunday 27th of April 2014 12:30:11 PM |
| Lafarge Calcium Aluminate Cement Plant |
Dylan Moore |
Sunday 27th of April 2014 12:25:49 PM |