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022926:The John Bowes C. 1900
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Staiths
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Staiths
- Staiths are elevated platforms for discharging coal and other materials from railway cars into collier ships for transport. From the mid 18th century onwards, many staiths were built on the …
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015104:Coal staithes on the Tyne c1840
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025210:Coal Staithes on the Tyne
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052873:Docks Dunston unknown c1920
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062823: SS Lime Branch, c1902
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715653:High Level Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne Jobling R. 1882
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Keels on the Tyne - historical account
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Keels on the Tyne - historical account
- Extract from: The Life of George Stephenson and of his son Robert Stephenson, by Samuel Smiles, 1881. But a great deal of the coal shipped from the Tyne comes from …

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