epw032179 ENGLAND (1930). British Standard Cement Works and environs, Rainham, from the south-east, 1930

The British Standard cement plant (sometimes referred to as Rainham Works, but not to be confused with the plant at Rainham, Essex) was established by E J & W Goldsmiths and started up in 1913. It was acquired by the Red Triangle group in 1928, and following the collapse of the latter in 1931 was taken over by APCM and promptly shut. The sole method of transport was shallow-draught river barge.



Here we have a good view of the clinker store, over-filled with about 10,000 tonnes of clinker. In the foreground is the washmill system, taking chalk from the Berengrave Pit and clay dug from the Medway estuary, and combining them to make slurry for the wet process kilns.