Tyne and Wear HER(16158): North Shields, Smith's Dock, Number 5 Graving Dock

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    "The original No. 5 Dock was one of the Edwards' Bull Ring Docks constructed on the site of Collingwood's old dry dock and opened September 1885. It was covered over in the late 1920s. It was utilised as an underground boiler house, compressor house and oil-fuel storage tanks of about 4000 tons capacity. A new Dock...."
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    SiteLines
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  • Further information

    Link: https://sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk/SMR/16158
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 years, 1 month ago
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