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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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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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![Staiths](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/74/32/1743254_662cf5a7.jpg)
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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 …
![](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2632/4091233280_f873680868_z.jpg)
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
715653:High Level Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne Jobling R. 1882
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![Keels on the Tyne - historical account](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2664/4080076887_5d2fe5b101_z.jpg)