White's Bridge Brand.
Location:
- Grid reference: TQ74866921
- x=574860
- y=169210
- 51°23'42"N; 0°30'53"E
- Civil Parish: Frindsbury Extra, Kent
Clinker manufacture operational: 1885-1901
Approximate total clinker production: 270,000 tonnes
Raw materials:
- Upper Chalk (Seaford Chalk Formation: 85-88 Ma) from Rochester Chalk Co. quarry at 575100,169400
- Medway Alluvial Clay
Ownership:
- 1885-1890 T. C. Hooman and Co. Ltd
- 1890-1893 Gillingham Portland Cement Co. Ltd
- 1893-1900 J. B. White and Brothers Ltd
- 1900-1901 APCM (Blue Circle)
See also a general history of the Frindsbury cement plants. Initially there were four chamber kilns: two were added in 1888, another five were added in 1889, and five more in 1892, giving a total 501 t/week. The plant was shut down soon after the APCM takeover. The site was absorbed into the Crown and Quarry site and remained derelict until sold for redevelopment after WWII. It is now under light industry. There is little detailed contemporary information available regarding this plant. Please contact me with any relevant information or corrections. I am particularly interested in firmer dates and statistics, pictures and plans.
Power supply
There was a 100 HP steam engine for the washmills, and a 200 HP steam engine for the finish mills.
Rawmills
There were two washmills used in series.
No rotary kilns were installed.
Sources::
- Primary Sources:
- Greenhithe Archive
- Rochester Bridge Archive
- Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping
- BGS mapping and monographs
- Confirmatory Sources: