Willington Quay, Aluminium Works
Willington Quay, Aluminium Works
HER Number
5019
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Willington Quay, Aluminium Works
Place
Willington Quay
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Aluminium Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown as 'disused' on second edition OS map. The aluminium factory used the Kurt Netto process to produce aluminium from cryolite used sodium. It was run by the Alliance Aluminium Company in the 1880s. Within two years, the Hall-Heroult process was adapted, which used electricity instead of sodium. In 1907 the Aluminium Corporation started to use this process throughout England. They built a new aluminium factory at Wallsend to replace the previous one.
Easting
431080
Northing
566220
Grid Reference
NZ431080566220
Sources
<< HER 5019 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898; F. Atkinson, 1980, North East England at Work; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2012, Hadrian Riverside, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear - archaeological assessment