Gillingham cement wharf
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Gillingham cement wharf by Dylan Moore as part of the Geograph project.
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Gillingham cement wharf
Image: © Dylan Moore Taken: 1 Apr 2014
The Gillingham cement plant operated intermittently between 1874 and 1939. For details, see www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_gillingham.html and related pages. The plant extended to the west after WWI and on this wharf a travelling crane unloaded coal to fire the rotary kiln.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.392398
Longitude
0.571766