Temporary military strongpoint and redoubt established during the General Strike of 1926, within a former chalk pit on the south side of Crete Hall Road, Northfleet, then being developed by Bowater as a paper mill. The redoubt was formed from an existing brick or block walled building, enclosed for the emergency with a corrugated iron fence and barbed wire entangements. Other parts of the factory site were defended by barbed wire and sentries, as parts of measures to secure a strategic supply of paper manufacturing for the government, which feared the possibility of revolution during the strike. The defences lasted a few weeks only and were probably removed soon after.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Site no longer extant
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 20/02/07

Smith, V.T.C., 01/01/99, 'Troops at Bowater's Paper Mills at Northfleet, during the General Strike of 1926' in Historic Gravesham, 1999 (Gravesend Historical Society) (Bibliographic reference). SKE14044.

Smith, V.T.C., 01/01/99, 'Troops at Bowater's Paper Mills at Northfleet, during the General Strike of 1926' in Historic Gravesham, 1999 (Gravesend Historical Society) (Bibliographic reference). Ske14044.