2010

NZ2664 : Lead Works Ruin

taken 15 years ago, near to Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Lead Works Ruin
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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Category: Steam engines
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Flax Mill [11] · White Lead [4] Other Photos: · The City Farm and the lead works wall ·
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NZ2664, 518 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
peter maddison   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 9 November, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 9 November, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 262 645 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.5087N 1:35.4676W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 262 645
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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