Tyne and Wear HER(5598): Felling, Friar's Goose, Clapham's Chimney - Details
5598
Gateshead
Felling, Friar's Goose, Clapham's Chimney
Felling
NZ26SE
Industrial
Industrial Building
Chimney
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built as part of the expansion of Anthony Clapham's soap factory (HER 3515) in the 1830s. The chimney was 263 foot tall, then thought to be the tallest building on Tyneside. The works closed before WW1.
2751
6322
NZ27516322
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