Swanscombe
Swanscombe is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located east of Dartford as well as north-west of Gravesend, in the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. At the 2001 UK census, the Swanscombe electoral ward had a population of 6,418. Swanscombe was necessary in the early history of concrete. The very first cement production works near Swanscombe were opened at Northfleet by James Parker, around 1792, making "Roman cement" from concrete stone brought from the Isle of Sheppey. James Frost opened up an operate at Swanscombe in 1825, making use of chalk from Galley Hill, having patented a brand-new concrete called British Cement. The Swanscombe plant was consequently obtained by John Bazley White & Co, which came to be the largest part of Blue Circle Industries when it formed in 1900. It finally shut down in 1990. Between 1840 as well as 1930 it was the biggest cement plant in Britain. By 1882 several concrete producers were operating throughout the north Kent region, yet the resulting dirt contamination drove the people of Swanscombe to take lawsuit against the neighborhood cement jobs. Despite various technological advancements, the issue persisted right into the 1950s, with telegraph lines over an inch thick in white dust. Modern cement kilns in Kent utilizing chimneys 170 m (550 feet) in height are now said to be the cleanest worldwide. Nevertheless, the neighbouring Medway towns are reported to be one of the most contaminated inhabited location in the UK, and the cement industry contributes to acid rain in Scandinavia.
