EPW017658 ENGLAND (1927). The Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe, 1927
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Details
| 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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Dylan Moore |
Thursday 20th of May 2021 04:13:51 PM |
| gas holder |
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Thursday 20th of May 2021 04:13:14 PM |
| Gas plant |
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Thursday 20th of May 2021 04:11:14 PM |
| A central producer gas plant supplied gas to gas engines that drove the cement and slurry mills. |
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Tuesday 19th of February 2019 04:37:40 PM |
| gas main |
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Monday 17th of November 2014 04:53:46 PM |
| Vertical chalk quarry faces close to both sides of London Road. |
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Monday 11th of February 2013 12:22:53 PM |
| Whiting plant |
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Monday 11th of February 2013 12:14:55 PM |
| Weston's Cement Plant |
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Tuesday 16th of October 2012 05:18:25 PM |
| kiln house |
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Tuesday 16th of October 2012 05:16:59 PM |
| slurry mixer |
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Tuesday 16th of October 2012 05:16:33 PM |
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 |