lordarmstrong

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..

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.

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

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

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

On 24th July 1945 she was bombed at Kure in Japan and sank in shallow water Subsequently raised & broken up in 1946.

The manufacture and sale to the Japanese navy in 1900 would not have raised concerns.

Still waiting for your write up as I say this but.. were the guns 'proven' on Tyneside or taken elsewhere for testing? I can't imagine huge bangs along the river! Mind, stranger things happened..

Hi [https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyeye] this one was taken at Silloth-on-Solway, although Ridsdale in Northumberland was also frequently used.

I remember when I played Silloth Golf Club somebody told me that their was a firing range

Another great industrial image. Some of the worlds greatest battleships were built at Elswick.

Your wonderful capture was seen in Black & White Photos
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