Prior to 1868 a brick works operated south of Burham on the east bank of the River Medway. It had closed down by 1897 and was replaced by a cement works on the same site called the West Kent Cement Works. This was a small site with a complex of three main buildings with eight wash backs behind them. The adjacent pits, possibly brick pits, were disused. There was no connecting tramway. By 1909 the site had not been developed and may have been closed by 1916. The ownership of the works is not clear. The site has since been cleared.