Lead Works Flue System

HER Number:
4908

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Lead Works Flue System

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Lead Working Site

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
An extensive flue system, likely to have been below ground, was in use at the lead works (HER ref. 4116). It was well developed by c.1850 and parts of it may date from the first use of a smelter on the site in 1787. Two widths of flue are shown on plans of the site, approximately 0.70 metres and 1.40 metres wide. Flues on lead smelting sites vary in cross-section but were often rectangular to allow children to clean them and reclaim precipitated lead fumes. These flues may therefore be up to 1.5 metres deep.

Easting:
424180

Northing:
563150

Grid Reference:
NZ424180563150

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4908 >> Northern Archaeological Associates, 2000, Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment