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Description: | This works, based in Felling Shore, was situated near the United Methodist Chapel. The building on the left, surrounded by a wall is the Felling Shore Co-op Storeman’s residence. The steps on the extreme left were known as the “clarty stairs”. The Zink Oxide Works, opening in 1910, was situated on the riverside, at the end of Brewery Lane, on the site of the old Paper Mill. Richardson’s Table Book records, that in 1835, “On Saturday at 5.00p.m., a fire started in the Papermill of Mr. Thomas Lightfoot at Felling Shore. The Express fire engine came from Newcastle, but the fire was too rapid and the building was speedily consumed. There were, however, reports that the fire engine was sent back while on its way to Heworth”. Thomas Gallon owned the paper mills for the longest period. The works is shown as ‘Chemical Works (Zinc Oxide)’ on the 1939 O.S. map. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Chemical industry | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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