West Holborn Water Pant

West Holborn Water Pant

Image Details

Title West Holborn Water Pant
Reference Number STH0000406
Photographer Willits W
Town or Village South Shields
Date
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period Victorian (1837-1901)
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information The remains of the old water pant at West Holborn, where water was sold at a "farthing per skeel, about three and one quarter gallons. The skeels were carried in large wooden buckets on the head" Hodgson
p153. An elderly woman was usually in charge. The building behind was one of the salt pans.