Mineral Railways

Industrial Railways of the South East

Name: Industrial Railways of the South East
Price: 18.95 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock
Author: Chalk Pits Museum
ISBN: 978 0 906520 09 3

ISBN:978 0 906520 09 3

First Published:01 April 1984

Authors:Chalk Pits Museum

Dimensions:240 x 174 mm

Format:Hardback

Book Info:

96 Pages
120 Photographs
Large Scale Maps
Other details of local history

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In the first half of this century most heavy industrial concerns had their own distinctive railway systems. The lesser known oddities are included amongst the more rugged forms of steam and diesel motive power, and are illustrated working in varied locations from Kent to Hampshire.

Stations and Locations covered in this book:

StationsPhoto

Thakeham Tiles1-3

North Holmwood (Redland Bricks)4-7

Berwick (Ludlay Brick & Tile Co)8

Holmthorpe, Redhill9-12

Crowborough Brickworks13

Lower Halstow (Eastwoods Ltd)14

Woodside Brickworks15

Bexhill (Baxters Brickworks)16

Sittingbourne (APCM Murston Brickworks)17

Midhurst Whites18

Lewes Cement Works19

Stone (APCM Kent Cement Works)20-23

Stone (Johnsons Cement Works)24-25

Swanscombe26-27

Northfleet (APCM Bevans Works)28

Cliffe at Hoo (Alpha Cement Co)29

Frinsbury (APCM Crown & Quarry Works)30

Rainham (British Standard Cement Works)31

Sittingbourne (APCM Murston Brickworks)32-33

Halling (RPCM Works)34

Holborough (APCM)35-39

Rochester Wharf (William Cory)40

Betteshanger Colliery41-43

Snowdown Colliery44

St.Helier Housing Estate45-46

Chessington Branch construction47

Worcester Park48

Sutton-Sth Merton construction49-50

Guildford By-Pass (Hogs Back)51

Guildford52

Mountfield Gypsum Mine53-57

Erith Gypsum Mine58

Hellingly Hospital59

Brockham Lime & Hearthstone Co60

Coulsdon (Hall & Co's Limeworks)61

Oxted (Oxted Greystone Lime Co)62

Betchworth (Dorking Greystone Lime Co)63-70

Amberley (Pepper & Co)71-74

Erith (J Parish & Co)75-76

Chattenden & Upnor Rly77-82

Woolwich (Royal Arsenal)83-87

Lydd Ranges88

Chatham Naval Dockyard89

Farnborough (Royal Aircraft Est.)90

Belvedere (BICC)91-93

Belvedere (British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd)94

Reading (Huntley & Palmer)95

Sittingbourne (Bowaters Paper Mills)97-101

Northfleet (Bowaters Paper Mills)102

Aylesford (Reed Paper & Board (UK) Ltd103

Greenhithe (Empire Paper Mills)104

Old Kent Road (South Eastern Gas Board)105-106

Vauxhall (South Eastern Gas Board)107-108

Waddon Marsh (South Eastern Gas Board)109

Hilsea (Hilsea Gas Works)110

Eastbourne (South Eastern Gas Board)111

Merton (Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage)112

Berrylands (Surbiton Sewerage Works)113

Chichester (Sewage Works)114

Eartham (Penfolds Builders Merchants Ltd)115

Cuckmere Haven116

Eastbourne, The Crumbles (Hall & Co)117

Washington (Hall & Co)118

Buckland (Buckland Sand & Silica Co.)119

Northam (Pollock Brown & Co)120

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