EAW041023 ENGLAND (1951). Clay pit between Sandy Lane and Purfleet Road, Aveley, 1951. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.

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Details

Title	[EAW041023] Clay pit between Sandy Lane and Purfleet Road, Aveley, 1951. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.
Reference	EAW041023
Date	23-October-1951
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Place name	AVELEY
Parish
District
Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	555830, 180576
Longitude / Latitude	0.24542569723169, 51.502123868185
National Grid Reference	TQ558806

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User Comment Contributions

Tunnel Portland Cement Company Ltd clayfields supplying London Clay pumped as slurry to the West Thurrock cement plant. Opened 1927, closed 1976. At this time processing around 0.5 million tonnes of raw clay per year, later increased to 0.7 million.

Dylan Moore

Tuesday 29th of April 2014 09:28:25 AM