Location:
- Grid reference: TQ71926711
- x=571920
- y=167110
- 51°22'37"N; 0°28'13"E
- Civil Parish: Cuxton, Kent.
Clinker manufacture operational: 1883-1902
Approximate total clinker production: 78,000 tonnes
Raw materials:
- Upper Chalk (Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation: 88-90 Ma) from 571810,167290
- Medway Alluvial Clay
Ownership:
- 1883-1885 E. Robson Cummins
- 1885-1891 Medway Portland Cement Co. Ltd
- 1895-1900 Booth and Co. Ltd
- 1900-1902 APCM (Blue Circle)
Also called Medway Works, but not to be confused with the nearby Weekes plant, which was also sometimes called Medway. The history of this plant is somewhat confused, since all the written sources say that it ceased operation in 1891. The plant was set up on what was originally a brickworks site and a block of four Johnson chamber kilns, soon expanded to six (180 t/week), was installed. It was clearly intented to expand the plant, but the company went bankrupt in 1891. The quarry continued in use as shown by the OS maps, with chalk extracted sufficient for 27,000 tonnes of clinker in 1883-1891, and for 48,000 tonnes in 1896-1909. It seems that the abandoned plant was reinstated by Booth & Co, and was operated until shortly after the APCM takeover. The plant was also used a shipping point for the Borstal Court plant. The plant was cleared before WWI, and Blue Circle landfilled the quarry in the 1970s.
Power supply
The plant was driven directly by one 170 HP steam engine.
Raw mills
A single 18' washmill was followed by three flat stone mills.
No rotary kilns were installed.
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