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• industry
• products
• newcastleupontyne
• rivertyne
• manufacturing
• lordarmstrong
• elswickworks
• williamgeorgearmstrong
• workshopoftheworld
• scotswoodworks
• blackandwhitephotograph
• industrialheritage
• digitalimage
• fascinating
• elswick
• vickersarmstrong
• industrial
• unusual
• factories
• armaments
• scotswood
• wall
• construction
• debris

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• North East Museums 15 photos & illustrations
• Florida Memory 6 photos & illustrations
• Mennonite Church USA Archives 2 photos & illustrations
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 2 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 2 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 1 photo / illustration
• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 1 photo / illustration
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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21 inch Triple Deck Torpedo Tubes

from North East Museums

• Howard Dickins said:

  Land based torpedo tubes? Or are they just being stored there before being fitted on a ship?

• Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:

  They might have been there for torpedo trials. We recently added an image of a torpedo being fired from a similar spot www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/18855229355/in/dateposted/.

• optimal chicken said:

  These are great! I wonder if any old strays are still embedded in the mud on the opposite side?? I recognised the torpedo tubes immediately. Although updated, modern tubes use an almost identical discharge system. Armstrongs was a world leader.

New tractor at the Elswick Works

from North East Museums

• SAMUEL COLLAZO said:

  Fantastic!!!

• Land Rover 61 said:

  That's a big tractor. Is the tracked chassis/hull in the background the remains of a Vickers-built tank?

• A.Davey said:

  That's a mighty machine!

• Andy Millican Photography said:

  What a priceless image ! Pure history.

Elswick Shipyard, 1885

from North East Museums

• 1 older comment, and then…
• optimal chicken said:

  That's fantastic! The tall steeple which can still be seen along Scotswood Road is in this photo. Of particular interest to me is the fact they appear to be on a sandy beach?! It certainly doesn't look like that now - all thick deep dirty mud..

• Michael Brady said:

  That tall Steeple is St Stephens church and as you say, can still be seen today, and I believe they are on the sandy shoreline of what was once Kings Meadows Island, which a local tower block took its name from. This apparently is the only known picture of the island which had its own public house and horse racing track...all long since dredged away of course.

• Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:

  Many thanks for your comments - we've updated the entry to take account of them.

• optimal chicken said:

  Fascinating. I'll have to go trawling through my old maps now!

• Billy Embleton said:

  Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada moored on the left of the photo, the first ship in the world to be sunk by a torpedo in 1891!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_ironclad_Blanco_Encalada