North Shields, Whitehill Point Whiting and Salt Manufactory

HER Number:
2078

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Whitehill Point Whiting and Salt Manufactory

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Chemical Works

Site Type: Specific:
Salt Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
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.

Easting:
3525

Northing:
6664

Grid Reference:
NZ35256664

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2078 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89 Sir W.G. Armstrong, 1864, The Industrial Resources of the Tyne, Wear and Tees