Cleadon Water Tower is a prominent landmark based on the Cleadon Hills. The chimney was for a Victorian steam-powered pumping station, built 1860 to 1862 for the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company. This pumped fresh water reserves from the areas permeable limestone to help supply the South Shields area. It is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.

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