Lead Works Ruin
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Lead Works Ruin
Image: © peter maddison Taken: 9 Nov 2010
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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Image Location
Latitude
54.975145
Longitude
-1.591126