An Act for authorizing the Extension and Maintenance of Tramways in the Parish of Erith in the County of Kent; and for other Purposes.
WHEREAS Shipping to the Extent of about Five hundred thousand Tons annually is supplied with Ballast from the Ballast Pits or Cliffs at Erith in the Parish of Erith in the County of Kent: And whereas for a Period of Sixty Years and upwards such Ballast has been conveyed to the River Thames by means of a Tramway from the said Ballast Pits or Cliffs to the Upper Ballast Wharf on the River Thames in the same Parish and County, and of a Tramway from the said Ballast Pits or Cliffs to the Lower Ba...