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Another river view
Posted:
Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:30 am
by tynebuoy
No date on the card. The ferry coming over from Wallsend is the Wallsend and the one to the right is the Fairy Queen, first time i've seen a photo of this one.
Re: Another river view
Posted:
Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:47 pm
by Whickham
I was hoping that someone was going to identify the steamers on Swan's quay. On the left is the West Yard with the gantry which was I think built for the MAURETANIA. The East Yard is the covered berth with SH&WR witten on the gable end. In between is the space where they constructed the floating drydocks.
Re: Another river view
Posted:
Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:45 pm
by magoonigal
Hahahahaha Some hope!
Its post Mauretania (1907) to 1940 ish.
Without a hint of a date its really impossible.
Still its a GREAT PICTURE!
Re: Another river view
Posted:
Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:41 am
by Whickham
Another view of the Hebburn ferry looking over towards Swan's Wallsend yard.
Image from an undated postcard.
- Image courtesy of Kevin Blair
Re: Another river view
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Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:33 am
by northeast
All the freighters look to me like standard WW1 designs of which several were built by SHWR under 'WAR' or later completion names.
Bit of a long shot but in the upper picture, the passenger vessel on the right might just be MODASA before getting her B.I. stripes but she came from the Neptune yard.
Re: Another river view
Posted:
Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:53 pm
by Whickham
May be a long shot George, but not a bad match. Don't know whether they moved work between the yards, probably more difficult to organise in those days.
Re: Another river view
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Tue Dec 19, 2017 2:19 pm
by northeast
Looking again, what I thought was a shorter black funnel might indeed be taller and the white part the BI stripes.