Whitehill Point Whiting and Salt Manufactory

Whitehill Point Whiting and Salt Manufactory was connected to Backworth Wagonway (HER ref. 1113) by a wagonway (HER ref. 2082). By mid-nineteenth century the sea salt industry had almost disappeared, but some salt making was being pursued using Cheshire or Irish Rock salt imported to the Tyne. Wilkinson had a system for employing the waste heat of coke ovens for the production of salt. The rock salt was dissolved in sea water and the brine evaporated by the waste heat of coke ovens and whiting furnaces.