TR 06 NW 47 - Uplees Explosives Factories, near Oare

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Monument record TR 06 NW 47 - Uplees Explosives Factories, near Oare

Summary

A large scale gun cotton plant was opened at this site in 1873 and produced a wide range of products such as distress signals, gelignite and dynamite. Other explosives industries moved in, including one making shell charges using TNT. The site was of particular strategic importance in World War One although two serious explosions occurred in 1916 and 1918. The plants went out of use from 1919, finally shutting down in 1934, leaving earthworks, concrete bases and derelict wharves.

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Grid reference	TR 0022 6516 (point) GCE
Map sheet	TR06NW
County	KENT
District	SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish	OARE, SWALE, KENT

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Historic England, Archive material associated with Uplees Explosives Factories, near Oare (Archive). SKE54323.

<1> Arch Cant 100 1984 425-63 maps plates (A Percival) (OS Card Reference). SKE34544.

<2> RCHME/NMR, 1996, RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry (Collection). SKE6479.

<3> Wayne Cocroft/22-NOV-1991/RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry. (OS Card Reference). SKE51281.

<4> Percival, A J. 1967. The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its Development. Faversham Paper No. 4 (OS Card Reference). SKE48507.

<5> Cocroft, Wayne, 1995, The munitions industry (Article in monograph). SWX9357.

<6> Eve, D., 1999, A guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Kent, G7 (Monograph). SWX9293.

<7> GENERAL VIEW FROM EAST TR 0013 6543 (Photograph). SKE831.

<8> MACHINE BASE FROM N.E. TR 00610 65256 (Photograph). SKE816.

<9> DAN'S DOCK FROM S.W. TR 00560 65300. Types: DOCK (Photograph). SKE821.

<10> GENERAL VIEW FROM EAST TR 0013 6543 (Photograph). SKE830.

<11> GENERAL VIEW FROM N.W. TR 0053 6514. (Photograph). SKE818.

<12> STORE BUILDING FROM S.W. TR 00130 64673 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE833.

<13> BUILDING FROM N.W. TR 99970 64270 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE834.

<14> BUILDING FROM N.E. TR 99970 64270. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE835.

<15> DETAIL OF DOOR TR 00514 65108. (Photograph). SKE829.

<16> DAN'S DOCK FROM S.E. TR 00560 65300. Types: DOCK (Photograph). SKE820.

<17> CONCRETE JETTY FROM S.W. TR 0022 6543 Types: JETTY (Photograph). SKE832.

<18> BUILDING FROM SOUTH. TR 00566 65186. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE827.

<19> CONCRETE BUILDING BASE FROM N.E. TR 00610 65256 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE841.

<20> TANK AND BUILDING FROM N.W. TR 00558 65197. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE819.

<21> BULDING SET WITHIN 'L' SHAPED BLAST BANK FROM N.W. TR 0100 64324 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE824.

<22> TANK FROM S.E. TR 00558 65197 (Photograph). SKE825.

<23> BUILDING FROM N.W. TR 01000 64324 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE823.

<24> DETAIL OF DOOR. TR 00514 65108. (Photograph). SKE828.

<25> BRICK STRUCTURE FROM N.E. TR 00804 65093. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE840.

<26> DAN'S DOCK POND FROM S.E. TR 00560 65300. Types: DOCK (Photograph). SKE817.

<27> 'L' SHAPED BLAST BANK FROM N.W. TR 01100 64354. (Photograph). SKE822.

<28> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9536.

<29> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10013.

<30> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10182.

<31> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10183.

<32> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10201.

<33> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10202.

<34> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10376.

<35> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10377.

<36> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10378.

<37> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10456.

<38> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10457.

<39> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10458.

<40> Historic England, Archive material (Archive). SKE56444.

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--- SKE54323 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Uplees Explosives Factories, near Oare.
<1>XY SKE34544 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 100 1984 425-63 maps plates (A Percival). [Mapped feature: #34895 factory, ]
<2> SKE6479 Collection: RCHME/NMR. 1996. RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry.
<3> SKE51281 OS Card Reference: Wayne Cocroft/22-NOV-1991/RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry..
<4> SKE48507 OS Card Reference: Percival, A J. 1967. The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its Development. Faversham Paper No. 4.
<5> SWX9357 Article in monograph: Cocroft, Wayne. 1995. The munitions industry. 89-97.
<6> SWX9293 Monograph: Eve, D.. 1999. A guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Kent. G7.
<7> SKE831 Photograph: GENERAL VIEW FROM EAST TR 0013 6543. 164/H/24. Black and White. Negative.
<8> SKE816 Photograph: MACHINE BASE FROM N.E. TR 00610 65256. 164/H/10. Black and White. Negative.
<9> SKE821 Photograph: DAN'S DOCK FROM S.W. TR 00560 65300. Types: DOCK. 164/H/15. Black and White. Negative.
<10> SKE830 Photograph: GENERAL VIEW FROM EAST TR 0013 6543. 164/H/23. Black and White. Negative.
<11> SKE818 Photograph: GENERAL VIEW FROM N.W. TR 0053 6514.. 164/H/12. Black and White. Negative.
<12> SKE833 Photograph: STORE BUILDING FROM S.W. TR 00130 64673 Types: BUILDING. 164/H/26. Black and White. Negative.
<13> SKE834 Photograph: BUILDING FROM N.W. TR 99970 64270 Types: BUILDING. 164/H/27. Black and White. Negative.
<14> SKE835 Photograph: BUILDING FROM N.E. TR 99970 64270. Types: BUILDING. 164/H/28. Black and White. Negative.
<15> SKE829 Photograph: DETAIL OF DOOR TR 00514 65108.. 164/H/22. Black and White. Negative.
<16> SKE820 Photograph: DAN'S DOCK FROM S.E. TR 00560 65300. Types: DOCK. 164/H/14. Black and White. Negative.
<17> SKE832 Photograph: CONCRETE JETTY FROM S.W. TR 0022 6543 Types: JETTY. 164/H/25. Black and White. Negative.
<18> SKE827 Photograph: BUILDING FROM SOUTH. TR 00566 65186. Types: BUILDING. 164/H/20. Black and White. Negative.
<19> SKE841 Photograph: CONCRETE BUILDING BASE FROM N.E. TR 00610 65256 Types: BUILDING. 164/H/9. Black and White. Negative.
<20> SKE819 Photograph: TANK AND BUILDING FROM N.W. TR 00558 65197. Types: BUILDING. 164/H/13. Black and White. Negative.
<21> SKE824 Photograph: BULDING SET WITHIN 'L' SHAPED BLAST BANK FROM N.W. TR 0100 64324 Types: BUILDING. 164/H/18. Black and White. Negative.
<22> SKE825 Photograph: TANK FROM S.E. TR 00558 65197. 164/H/19. Black and White. Negative.
<23> SKE823 Photograph: BUILDING FROM N.W. TR 01000 64324 Types: BUILDING. 164/H/17. Black and White. Negative.
<24> SKE828 Photograph: DETAIL OF DOOR. TR 00514 65108.. 164/H/21. Black and White. Negative.
<25> SKE840 Photograph: BRICK STRUCTURE FROM N.E. TR 00804 65093. Types: BUILDING. 164/H/8. Black and White. Negative.
<26> SKE817 Photograph: DAN'S DOCK POND FROM S.E. TR 00560 65300. Types: DOCK. 164/H/11. Black and White. Negative.
<27> SKE822 Photograph: 'L' SHAPED BLAST BANK FROM N.W. TR 01100 64354.. 164/H/16. Black and White. Negative.
<28> SWX9536 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3243. print.
<29> SWX10013 Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 24. print.
<30> SWX10182 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3179. print.
<31> SWX10183 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3181. print.
<32> SWX10201 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3232. print.
<33> SWX10202 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3238. print.
<34> SWX10376 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 81. print.
<35> SWX10377 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 83. print.
<36> SWX10378 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 85. print.
<37> SWX10456 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 62. print.
<38> SWX10457 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 64. print.
<39> SWX10458 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 66. print.
<40> SKE56444 Archive: Historic England. Archive material.

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Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry (EKE4827)

Record last edited

Aug 28 2024 1:05PM