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The cargo ship Saxonia at Readhead's shipyard from North East Museums uploaded June 2017
Spectators and workers at the launch of the cargo ship 'Baskerville' from North East Museums uploaded March 2017
First World War Patrol boat on sea trials from North East Museums uploaded January 2017
Visit of Prince Albert to Readhead's shipyard from North East Museums uploaded January 2017
Removing an unexploded bomb in South Shields from North East Museums uploaded December 2016
Long-serving employees at Readhead's shipyard from North East Museums uploaded December 2016
Shipwrights knocking out the shores before a launch at South Shields from North East Museums uploaded December 2016
The cargo ship Crofter at Readhead's jetty from North East Museums uploaded November 2016
Preparing to launch 'Baron Berwick' at South Shields from North East Museums uploaded November 2016
Female shipyard workers at South Shields from North East Museums uploaded November 2016
Launch of the cargo ship 'Alexandros' from North East Museums uploaded November 2016
The cargo ship 'Baskerville' at Newcastle Quayside from North East Museums uploaded November 2016
Launch of the cargo ship 'Baskerville' from North East Museums uploaded October 2016
Young guests at the launch of the cargo ship 'Empire Crown' from North East Museums uploaded October 2016
Launch of the cargo ship ‘Thursobank’ from North East Museums uploaded October 2016
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Christmas message from the workers
from North East Museums
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optimal chicken said:
The photo shows the staggering engineering which went into making ships. Each rivet needed a hole drilled to accomodate it. Then red hot rivets were shoved in and flattened over. That's aside from the actual cutting and shaping of each plate - every single one was different. All that but before they could do it they had to melt steel to make sheet. To make steel they had to mine ores and fuels.. The process of ship building is an incredible story from start to finish.
Bomb damage at Readhead's shipyard, South Shields, 1941
from North East Museums
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A.Davey said:
Well, you can see the airmen posing by their warplanes, and you can see the bombers flying in formation, and you can see them dodging the flak to get to the target, but only photos such as this one make you realize what warfare does to us. Enormous losses of capital investments take place in the blink of an eye. Where do you even begin sorting out a ruin like this one?
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Ramon Meneses said:
That's the question I was going to ask, "How do you recover from this tangled mess?"