EPW026630 ENGLAND (1929). The Thames Portland Cement Works, South Stifford, 1929
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Title | [EPW026630] The Thames Portland Cement Works, South Stifford, 1929 |
Reference | EPW026630 |
Date | May-1929 |
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Place name | SOUTH STIFFORD |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 559637, 178297 |
Longitude / Latitude | 0.29920469376206, 51.480583887417 |
National Grid Reference | TQ596783 |
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The Thames cement works and its chalk quarry ( often called Gibbs pit ) was in West Thurrock and NOT in South Stifford. The boundary line between the two is Mill lane which runs roughly down the centre of picture.On the right of picture ( south stifford ) is part of the Lion chalk quarry,being dug out by the Wouldham cement co.In 1927 a b/w war film called "The guns of Loos was filmed in the old Gibbs pit in West Thurrock. |
Alan Shulver |
Monday 8th of July 2013 06:05:23 PM |
Dylan Moore |
Thursday 18th of October 2012 09:40:26 PM | |
For details, history and many links, see [[http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_thames.html]]. |
Dylan Moore |
Thursday 18th of October 2012 09:39:45 PM |
Dylan Moore |
Wednesday 17th of October 2012 11:20:32 AM | |
The Thames Cement Plant (often called Gibbs Works) was started in 1872. It was acquired by APCM in 1900 and closed after the acquisition of the more efficient Wouldham plant in 1911. It may have been re-opened for a short period around 1920, but was then abandoned, and its quarry reserves were merged with those of Wouldham. It was one of the plants at which the first-generation Ransome rotary kilns were tried in the 1880s, without success. |
Dylan Moore |
Wednesday 17th of October 2012 10:42:52 AM |