EPW060440 ENGLAND (1939). The British Fibrocement Works, Erith, 1939
© Copyright OpenStreetMap contributors and licensed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. 2025. Cartography is licensed as CC BY-SA.
Nearby Images (17)
EPW060440
0°
0m
EPW060446
7°
23m
EPW060442
36°
37m
EPW060441
345°
44m
EPW060438
2°
46m
EPW060436
76°
56m
EPW060435
193°
69m
EPW060439
294°
74m
EPW060437
13°
105m
EPW060444
353°
123m
EPW060443
285°
142m
EPW060445
181°
149m
EPW045628
359°
190m
EPW045625
3°
218m
EPW060434
0°
222m
EPW045622
6°
240m
EPW045624
21°
250m
Details
| Title | [EPW060440] The British Fibrocement Works, Erith, 1939 |
| Reference | EPW060440 |
| Date | 6-February-1939 |
| Link | |
| Place name | ERITH |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 552061, 177655 |
| Longitude / Latitude | 0.18990122317672, 51.476902651676 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ521777 |
Pins
 This new building is the focus for this mission and is much larger than the older Fibrocement Works towards the river. |
 totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 10:18:38 PM |
| Although on the 1933 OS map this housing does not appear on the 1897 OS map. |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:53:23 PM |
| Rainham Marshes |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:50:54 PM |
| A lonely railway wagon |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:46:10 PM |
| River Thames |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:42:35 PM |
| The 1933 OS map shows this building as British Fibrocement Works and buildings towards the river, also extending to the right and left of this central portion. |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:42:08 PM |
| Appold Street |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:36:22 PM |
| Royal Alfred (pub) |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:35:26 PM |
| A few years before this image here stood Anchor Bay Farm |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:26:50 PM |
| Apefield Road |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:25:31 PM |
| Springhead Road |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:24:51 PM |
| Manor Road |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:21:39 PM |
| Anchor Bay |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:19:52 PM |
| This is now Erith Pier but was Railway Pier, with Railway Wharves to landward and significant railway sidings, to the left of this image. |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:19:20 PM |
| These two landmark pier structures remain in place and help to identify the locations. |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 09:17:56 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Fibrocement was a combination of cement and asbestos, formerly used in sheet form for eg garage and roofing construction. |
totoro |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 10:21:14 PM |