EPW025477 ENGLAND (1928). The Norman Cement Works, the Saxon Portland Cement Works and the Atlas Concrete Works, Cambridge, 1928. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.

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Title [EPW025477] The Norman Cement Works, the Saxon Portland Cement Works and the Atlas Concrete Works, Cambridge, 1928. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.
Reference EPW025477
Date 14-November-1928
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Place name CAMBRIDGE
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District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 547776, 257777
Longitude / Latitude 0.16246979755789, 52.197989089248
National Grid Reference TL478578

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The Norman plant next (1930-1960) quarried this field, then (1960-1984) took the strip south of the railway. The pits south of the railway remain flooded today: those to the north have been landfilled.

Dylan Moore
Sunday 16th of November 2014 02:57:56 PM
The Cambridge - Six Mile Bottom branch line originally ran from Cambridge Station, south of Romsey Town, and came out here. Some time between 1888 and 1899 this section was replaced with the existing section from Coldham Lane Junction, north of Romsey Town. I have been unable to find the exact date, or why the change was made.

Dylan Moore
Sunday 16th of November 2014 02:16:17 PM
On maps, in 1888-1891, only the original line is present. Both lines are shown on the 1903-04 map, and by the 1927-28 map the original line is removed, except for an extended siding on the section from the station to the west side of Coleridge Road. This photo appears to show that the track has been lifted by the time it was taken in 1928, which agrees with the maps.



C J Wignall's "Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer", published in 1986, doesn't show this line, although it shows the direct line from Great Chesterford to near Six Mile Bottom that was closed in 1858! "Forgotten Railways: Vol 7 East Anglia" by R S Joby (David and Charles, 1985) doesn't mention this original line either!



I suspect the line was deviated to make traffic-handling at Cambridge station easier by bringing the traffic in on the main line. It's also clear from the maps that with the railway out of the way that area of Cambridge could be developed more thoroughly.

John W
Saturday 22nd of October 2016 09:32:47 PM
Signs of hand-quarrying ("milling") of marl. Picture of Saxon quarry around 1904 from my website.

Dylan Moore
Sunday 16th of November 2014 01:32:14 PM
concrete plant

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:54:42 PM
packing and rail loading

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:54:08 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:53:28 PM
original cement store

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:53:05 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:52:20 PM
kiln house with 8 Schneider kilns

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:51:35 PM
finish mill house

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:50:19 PM
raw mill house

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:49:51 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:49:28 PM
dried & crushed marl elevator

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:48:57 PM
raw marl elevator

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:48:12 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:47:45 PM
power house stack

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:42:31 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:41:22 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:41:04 PM
Cambridge-Newmarket line

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:39:52 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:39:23 PM
Saxon second marl quarry

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:38:37 PM
Saxon first marl quarry

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:38:09 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:37:37 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:31:35 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:30:09 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:29:40 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:29:08 PM
Norman new (1922) kiln stack

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:28:36 PM
Disused power house stack

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:27:46 PM
Norman old (1904) kiln stack

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:26:11 PM
Norman first marl quarry

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:24:42 PM

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:24:01 PM

User Comment Contributions

The Saxon plant closed down for clinker manufacture the previous year, but was still grinding clinker from Norman. A good plan of this historically significant plant is on my website. Try http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cemkilndoc026.html !!

Dylan Moore
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:57:28 PM