2014

TQ7262 : Margett's Pit landfill

taken 10 years ago, near to Burham, Kent, England

Margett's Pit landfill
Margett's Pit landfill
Margett's Pit is the chalk quarry used by the West Kent cement plant, which operated between 1877 and 1925. For details, see LinkExternal link and related pages. The pit consisted of Lower Chalk, exposing the Gault Clay at its base, and reaching the Melbourne Rock, which is the base of the Middle Chalk, at its top-most point, visible here. The plant used the chalk from the pit as its sole raw material, blending the high-carbonate material from the upper part with the low-carbonate marl at the base to obtain the desired chemistry.
After a long period of abandonment, it is now being land-filled.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Chalk Quarry [4] Other Photos: · Houses on Rochester Road, Burham ·
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TQ7262, 55 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Dylan Moore   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 2 April, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 4 April, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 72321 62420 [1m precision]
WGS84: 51:20.0856N 0:28.3398E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 72130 62049
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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