EAW041026 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 [EAW041026] Clay pit between Sandy Lane and Purfleet Road, Aveley, 1951. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.
Reference EAW041026
Date 23-October-1951
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Place name AVELEY
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 555749, 180467
Longitude / Latitude 0.24421136247092, 51.501166767083
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 09:27:10 AM