EPW016201 ENGLAND (1926). The Humber Cement Works, Welton, 1926

The Humber cement plant was built as a private venture, commencing operation in 1921. It was taken over by BPCM in 1923. Chalk was quarried 2.5 km to the north and pumped as slurry to the plant. The clay was initially alluvium from the Ings near the bank of the Humber, which was brought to the plant by rail and combined with chalk slurry in a washmill. From 1954, Jurassic clay was obtained from below the chalk and was milled with the chalk at the quarry. In the early period, some cement was despatched by water, transported across the marshes to the waterfront by the ropeway visible here. Initially with two wet process kilns, a third was added in 1925, then the plant remained entirely unchanged until closure in 1981. For details, history and many links, see [[http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_humber.html]].