EPW027526 ENGLAND (1929). The Thurrock Chalk Quarries and the Metropolitan Cement Works, West Thurrock, 1929
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Title | [EPW027526] The Thurrock Chalk Quarries and the Metropolitan Cement Works, West Thurrock, 1929 |
Reference | EPW027526 |
Date | 17-June-1929 |
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Place name | WEST THURROCK |
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District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 557213, 178012 |
Longitude / Latitude | 0.26419520494616, 51.478702029502 |
National Grid Reference | TQ572780 |
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Much later (1937) site of the Metropolitan cement plant |
Dylan Moore |
Monday 22nd of October 2012 08:56:32 PM |
Lafarge Calcium Aluminate Cement Plant |
Dylan Moore |
Monday 22nd of October 2012 08:54:14 PM |
hand quarrying |
Dylan Moore |
Monday 22nd of October 2012 08:53:25 PM |
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The Metropolitan cement plant started in 1937. The quarry was operated by the Thurrock Chalk and Whiting Co. The visible quarry face is being worked by "milling", whereby workers in bosuns' chairs chip away chalk with chisel bars, causing it to fall into chutes at the bottom of the face, where it is directed into rail trucks. |
Dylan Moore |
Monday 22nd of October 2012 09:01:57 PM |