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Clinker manufacture operational: 1873-1900

Approximate total clinker production: 230,000 tonnes

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Otherwise known as Butchard’s Works. Six chamber kilns in 1890 (output 150 t/week). Increased 1891-1893 to nine (240 t/week) and 1898-1899 to sixteen (450 t/week). The plant used water transport, although a rail link was later made. After closure, the site was immediately redeveloped, initially as a concrete products plant, and is currently under port facilities.

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Rawmills

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No rotary kilns were installed.


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