EAW041024 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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Title [EAW041024] Clay pit between Sandy Lane and Purfleet Road, Aveley, 1951. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.
Reference EAW041024
Date 23-October-1951
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Place name AVELEY
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 555717, 180538
Longitude / Latitude 0.24378199517408, 51.501813562872
National Grid Reference TQ557805

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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 09:28:03 AM