Crundells Wharf - Queenborough, Kent.
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N 51° 25.072 E 000° 44.372
31U E 342821 N 5698719
A bronze plaque mounted alongside an anchor commemorating the former Crundells Wharf at Queenborough, Kent.
Waymark Code: WMF1MW
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/07/2012
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This bronze plaque is mounted alongside an anchor
on the former Crundells Wharf at Queenborough. The bronze plaque
reads;
CRUNDELLS WHARF
THIS WAS ONCE A GENERAL PURPOSE WHARF, MUCH USED BY
SAILING / BARGES BRINGING CARGOES OF TIMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS TO
/ QUEENBOROUGH. ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE WEST SWALE CAN BE / SEEN
CHETNEY MARSHES WITH DEADMAN'S ISLAND IMMEDIATELY TO / THE NORTH,
WHERE NAPOLEONIC PRISONERS OF WAR WHO DIED ON THE / HULKS WERE BURIED.
OTHER SEAMEN WERE ALSO INTERRED THERE WHO / PERISHED DURING THE
QUARANTINE OF VESSELS IN THE RIVER MEDWAY.
PUBLIC ACCESS TO THIS WHARF IS BY PERMISSION OF
ABBOTT LABORATORIES.