Amble Water Supply 1873

[Coquet]

I see. Coquetleazes was a cluster of buildings near where Smith Street is. I was having a senior moment and getting confused with Leazes street itself.

here's a larger version, it is out of focus but you can see the pumps are still shown [s..l..o..w to open]


http://www3.northumberland.gov.uk/ca...%208520-08.jpg

[janwhin]

Does this map get any clearer after a drink or three

Do you know if this is a land valuation map because there are a lot of numbers floating about. If you look in front of Cliff House there are several numbered blocks on the cliff top.

I always liked the name Coquetleazes, shame it disappeared. Maybe they can use it in that new harbour development!

[Coquet]

It doesn't mention what they are but I think it must be for taxation as you say.

this map has the larger scale landowners on it:


http://www3.northumberland.gov.uk/ca...%208520-09.jpg

[Coquet]

Here's the high street mystery object:

[Coquet]

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[janwhin]

Could you not have pulled the weeds while you were there

Is that G Stone & Co., Engineers, Deptford?

[janwhin]

You never know what Google might turn up. There is a blog about London stink pipes built by J Stone Engineers of Deptford and here is a very nice picture of one.

It seems pretty obvious what the said pipe is about, but next to it seems to be one of our High Street contraptions? So something to do with the installation of Amble's sewage system?

Apparently by the end of the 1800s Stone Engineering was making complete sewage systems for urban areas.

[Alan J.]

Well done between you both, it seems to fit the bill, but are stink pipes supposed to be a sort of vent? This appears to be without any form of opening to let gases out. It is very strange that the makers nameplate seems to be upside down.

[fraserj]

The top of it resembles a blank cap on fire hydrant, Alan J will know exactly what I'm talking about. Could it be a very early fire hydrant?

[hollydog]

Originally Posted by fraserj

The top of it resembles a blank cap on fire hydrant, Alan J will know exactly what I'm talking about. Could it be a very early fire hydrant?

Well spotted, I reckon it is, google seems to point in this direction, a few of them are "listed" btw.

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by fraserj

The top of it resembles a blank cap on fire hydrant, Alan J will know exactly what I'm talking about. Could it be a very early fire hydrant?

It could be just a blank fitted after the redundant business end has been removed - but what was removed? stinkpipe or pump body?

that eye for a pin could be for a handle linkage for a water pump?


[why does it say G. Stone rather than J. Stone which appears to be the stink-pipe maker?]

[Coquet]

It seems pretty obvious what the said pipe is about, but next to it seems to be one of our High Street contraptions?

I think that smaller pipe is a traffic bollard to protect the large pipe. (one of a pair)

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8...0/DSCF1372.jpg


I can't help thinking we're crediting the Amble sewerage system was more sophistication that it probably had in those days!

If we could find a date for "G.Stone's" operations we might have a date? assuming that 'J' hasn't morphed into a 'G' via rusting!

[Coquet]

It's a weird one this. Would like to see it solved

[Coquet]

is it on this card?

I can try and rescan it and enlarge that bit.

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by Coquet

is it on this card?

I can try and rescan it and enlarge that bit.

I can see two telegraph poles without wires? and some sort of padding wrapped around the base?. A gas light that looks to be in the middle of the road. I think I can also see our mystery object which isn't much taller than it is today?

[Coquet]

[hollydog]

mmm, getting our G and J s mixed up. No reference I can find to G Stone. I thought it was a hydrant but each one I find has a side coupling. Then I thought it may be an air release valve at the highest point of a water system to keep it "charged", or is it a valve separate to an adjacent hydrant? or as you have suggested, the bottom part of a pump (capped off below the spout and handle) to pump water up from Hallbank below?.
Could it be connected to the early gas system? I have spent an hour on google images and my eyes are "googled" now, so its over to our esteemed researchers on the forum

[Coquet]

All good possibilities Hollydog. You never know it might be marked on the large scale maps at Woodhorn if they have one of the right period.

Don't want to drift off topic but you can see on the enlargement the canopies of the shop front(s) at the old Queen's Head, which was a butchers at about this time [Melrose's - mentioned in another thread]

[Coquet]

Those white areas on the telegraph poles must be bill posting zones by the look of it.