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Thanks for your input. I have had real difficulty with being certain about the mills of Dartford / Northfleet and would welcome some definitive input.
London Paper Mill was the holding company, the mill was called Riverside Mill.
Kent County has it as previously Phoenix papermill (http://webapps.kent.gov.uk/KCC.ExploringKentsPast.Web.Sites.Public/SingleResult.aspx?uid=%27mke40261%27) and being the first to use wood pulp.
However, (http://kenttodayandyesterday.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/dartford-creek-in-old-pictures.html ) and several other sources has Pheonix taken over by Bouroughs Wellcome (prob 1889) and it is probable that Northfleet Paper Mill (under Ekman) was the first to use wood pulp.
I think Riverside Mill shut in 1968 which is why I did not include it before.
Here is the information I have on it:
| Mill | Riverside Paper Mills |
| Address | Chapel Lane, Dartford, Kent, |
| Nat Grid Location | TQ 544745 |
| Companies | London Paper Mills Ltd, Reed Paper & Board Ltd. |
| English Mill Excise No | 90 |
| Status | Shut before 1970 |
| Est. Papermaking Start Date | 1889 |
| Date Closed | 1968 |
| Links | |
| Link1 | archive.historicengland.org.uk |
| Link2 | http://www.gracesguide.co.uk |
| Link3 | edithsstreets.blogspot.co.uk |
| Link4 | Phillips’ Paper Trade Directory of the World 1923 p33 |
| Britain from Above | http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk |