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The Gut was the previous course of the River Tyne until a meander was removed to improve navigation in c.1880. After the wooden staiths at Lemington, used to load coal from the waggon ways into barges (keels) for transport down river, fell into disuse the channel was no longer dredged, and has silted up. The river is still tidal at this point, and at low tide is mainly mud, although does carry the minor stream flow coming from Sugley Dene.
The photo is taken from Lemington Bridge, built across the mouth of the Gut in 2001, providing dual carriageway road access to Newburn Riverside Business Park situated on the flat riverside land known as Newburn Haugh.
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In the distance can be seen the cone of Lemington Glassworks NZ1864 : Glassworks Business Park and the former power station NZ1864 : Lemington Gut and old Power station built on the site of the Tyne Iron Works.