taken 13 years ago, near to Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Lead Works Ruin
This sandstone ruin is one of the many reminders of the Ouseburn's harsh industrial past. It once housed a steam engine that drove the spinning machines of a nineteenth century flax mill. In 1871 the site was taken over by the Northumberland Lead works and the engine was used to power heavy grinders that crushed white lead into a fine powder. White lead is toxic but once a common pigment in paint and varnish.
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