EAW020320 ENGLAND (1948). Thurrock Chalk Quarries, Metropolitan Portland Cement Works, Fondu Aluminous Cement Works and environs, West Thurrock, from the south-west, 1948
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| Title | [EAW020320] Thurrock Chalk Quarries, Metropolitan Portland Cement Works, Fondu Aluminous Cement Works and environs, West Thurrock, from the south-west, 1948 | 
| Reference | EAW020320 | 
| Date | 4-December-1948 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | WEST THURROCK | 
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 556973, 177909 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | 0.26069582155533, 51.477843178216 | 
| National Grid Reference | TQ570779 | 
Pins
|  Metropolitan quarry |   Dylan Moore | Thursday 1st of May 2014 12:37:35 PM | 
|  Lafarge calcium aluminate cement plant |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:21:06 PM | 
|  asbestos/cement plant |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:20:26 PM | 
|  New kiln 2a stack, not yet operating |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:18:44 PM | 
|  Kiln 7 stack |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:17:54 PM | 
|  Old kiln 3 stack |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:17:13 PM | 
|  Old kiln 1 stack: operating? |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:16:35 PM | 
|  Kilns 4&5 stacks |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:15:50 PM | 
|  Kiln 6 stack |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:15:09 PM | 
|  New kiln 2a under construction |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:14:19 PM | 
|  old power house stack |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:11:57 PM | 
|  Metropolitan filling and loading point |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:10:51 PM | 
|  Kiln 3 calcinator house |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:09:48 PM | 
|  Kilns 1&2 calcinator house |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:09:14 PM | 
User Comment Contributions
| Kiln 2A, lit up 1950, was the first stage in the post-war reconstruction of the plant. |   Dylan Moore | Tuesday 24th of December 2013 05:19:45 PM | 
 
             
  ![[EAW020320] Thurrock Chalk Quarries, Metropolitan Portland Cement Works, Fondu Aluminous Cement Works and environs, West Thurrock, from the south-west, 1948](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/020/EAW020320.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EAW041089] The Metropolitan and the Aluminous Cement Works, West Thurrock, from the south-west, 1951. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/041/EAW041089.jpg) 
 ![[EAW002391] The Lafarge Aluminous Cement Co. Fondu Works and environs, West Thurrock, 1946](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/002/EAW002391.jpg) 
 ![[EPW027526] The Thurrock Chalk Quarries and the Metropolitan Cement Works, West Thurrock, 1929](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/027/EPW027526.jpg)