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In Northern England:

A new dock at the Smith's Dock complex in North Shields was opened by James Thomas the First Lord of the Admiralty in 1954. It was 216.1m long, 28.9m wide and 8.2m deep, making it the largest dock on the site. The dock was built to cater with the increasing size of oil tankers, which were the stock trade of the yard at that time. The dock had a pumping station and the world's largest single flap metal gate at the time it was built.

1950s Causeway to Holy Island
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Crook Town Win Final (1954)

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049117:Paddy's Market Milk Market Newcastle upon Tyne Allen James 1954

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053543:Grand Theatre Wilfred Street Byker Unknown pre 1954

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010357:Burton, Blackett Street/Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1954

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Easington Colliery Hutton Seam 1954

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Newcastle Area Only - Queen Visits Northumberland (1954)

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Duchess Of Kent Launches S.S. "World Harmony" (1954)

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First Lord Opens New Smith Dock (1954)

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Newcastle Quayside c1954_3

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Newcastle Quayside c1954_1

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East end of Newcastle Central Station from Castle Keep, with northbound empties

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The panorama at the east end of Newcastle Central Station from the Castle, with the 'North Briton' express leaving for Edinburgh

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Firemen at Match Factory Fire 1954

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An 0-8-0 at Middlesbrough Locomotive Depot

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Panorama from Newcastle castle keep across the River Tyne to Gateshead.

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Causeway to Holy Island
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Stocksfield Railway District Control Building
- "A Cold War railway control building was constructed at Stocksfield about 1954. In the event of World War 3 breaking out this would have been used in the event of …

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Sea News - Submarine Launched (1954)

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Princess Margaret At Barrow-In-Furness And Blackpool (1954)

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S.S. British Sovereign (1950-1959)

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Floods Follow Gale Havoc (1954)

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