2015

NY8461 : Storm approaching the Stublick Chimney

taken 9 years ago, 3 km from Catton, Northumberland, England

Storm approaching the Stublick Chimney
Storm approaching the Stublick Chimney
Didn't have much time in the rapidly changing weather conditions so snapped a quick shot to include the rainbow only to find the chimney leaning rather alarmingly. There is a more measured shot here NY8461 : Stublick Chimney but the fleeting rainbow had gone.
Stublick Chimney

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 LinkExternal link

Stublick Chimney and Flue on Vimeo: LinkExternal link




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Geographical Context: Uplands Industry Heath, Scrub Moorland Primary Subject: Chimney
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Stublick Chimney [20] · Approaching [2] Other Photos: · Stublick Chimney ·
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Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 May, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 29 May, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 8407 6108 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:56.6473N 2:15.0124W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 8402 6109
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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