Large water pipe near Close Lea. Photo A Curtis (2011).
I've known about this huge pipe that crosses the former tramway of Killiebrigs Stone Quarry near to Close Lea below Heddon on the Wall village for many years and it always puzzled me. When was it laid, where does it go and is it still in use? I like a mystery waiting to be solved but I like it even more if someone tells me that I can't possibly write a blog about a water pipe! Well here we go.
Large water pipe crossing quarry tramway at Close Lea. Photo A Curtis (2013).
The pipe is a huge diameter, riveted in cast-iron sections. It stands elevated on iron columns above the trackbed of the old tramway that runs down from Killiebrigs Quarry, its level just below the surface of the track that runs south form Heddon village, past Heddon Banks to the houses at Close Lea and on down to Close House. It must carry some volume and weight of water which may explain the interesting bracing struts on its top.
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