NY8461 : Storm approaching the Stublick Chimney
taken 9 years ago, 3 km from Catton, Northumberland, England
This 300ft (100m) chimney was an important part of the Langley Lead Smelting Mill located near Langley Garden Station mile away to the west. The Mill was built by Greenwich Hospital in 1768 to allow retired seamen to smelt lead carried from the mines on Alston Moor. Because the fumes where so dangerous in the location of the smelter, an arched horizontal flue, partly underground, was constructed in 1802. The flue was extended several times, rebuilt to its final size (7ft by 5ft) and the Stublick Chimney completed after 1859 after a pay dispute by the local mason, Nicholas White of Catton. A steam powered condenser was installed before 1865.
The smelt mill was closed in 1887. Little is visible today apart from the chimney, several parts of the flue NY8361 : Old lead smelting flue near Langley, a 'flue-bridge' over the Hexham to Allendale Railway near Langley Station NY8261 : 'Flue Bridge' at Langley, reservoirs and watercourses.
The lower two thirds of the tapering chimney are built in stone, with the top section in brick. The Grade II Listed Stublick Chimney was restored in 1986.
Langley and Blagill lead smeltmills, flue and chimney. List Entry Number: 1018211 Link
Stublick Chimney and Flue on Vimeo: Link