Coryton was home to an explosives factory in the turn of the 20th Century which you can read about and see the remains of in our in-depth article here. Kynochtown was the name given to the village for employees. The factory was built by the well-known ammunition firm ‘Kynoch’ in 1895 and it opened two years later. The factory would’ve served through the First World War. Whilst on a walk in 2012 with the Corringham Light Railway Society of the CLR track’s path which once served the factory, we passed the remains of a supposed sewage works believed associated with the Kynoch factory. These were located close to the overgrown trackbed of the railway just off a footpath running from where Fobbing Road becomes Lion Hill. The ruin consisted of a series of old London Stock Brick pits almost certainly originating from the turn of the 20th century. It is overgrown and quite mossy, and I nearly slipped and fell into one of the deep chambers whilst taking these photograpsh! Any more information on these remains would be appreciated. Below are images of other interesting finds from the walk:
Nearby stye for women workers travelling to the factory via CLR 
Believed Corringham Light Railway post 
Pipe leading to refineries 
View of Coryton in 2018
