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That is fantastic, the aerial shot has really caught the scale of the industry.

In the foreground we have the old North Shields ferry landing and as it still has the car ramp attached it must be the mid late 1960s when the picture was dated.Moving from the right hand side of the photo In the first very small dock we have a fishing boat i would say, we have the outside ship looks like a old tramper and next to her we have a tanker. In the second dock we have a mini bulk carrier ( coal coaster / general cargo ? ). In the next dock along i would say this girl was a cargo liner and in the last of the three docks we have a large bulk / general cargo carrier. The next two ships are tankers as they have gang planks running from stern to wheelhouse and bows to wheelhouse just like the first one.Again directly behind these we have two tankers inside and a possible Royal Fleet Auxillary stores ship out side. The old girl in dock ( No 8 ) is also a tanker.Smiths finaly closed its doors in 1997 and regeneration work started in September 2007 and is still going on today June 2011. brilliant picture worth its wieght in gold for memories alone.

Wonderful shot lots of memories for me thank you so much, l have a phot which l will try and get a copy for you of all the staff of smiths docks ..Best wishes Alan Ford

Seems likely this is in Ironwood, Michigan, which now has one of the largest ski slides in the Western Hemisphere. According to this article, though, the first jump was built around 1930: hunts-upguide.com/bessemer_copper_peak_ski_flying_hill.html

If this pic was from 1930, it would make it one of the very latest in the Bain collection. Certainly possible. One clue may be this, from significant dates in Ironwood, Mi. history: Feb. 14, 1913 - National Ski Jumping Tournament held on White's Hill north of town. A world record of 169 feet established. (ref. mattsonworks.com/1912/1912keydates.html )

great shot

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironwood,_Michigan

Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

I think the "bridge" is something similar to the front of Government Buildings, and that this is one side of a central courtyard. Hargrave was previously as far away as the Czech Republic so it may not be in Ireland...

The sunshades imply somewhere sunny ... (it ain't in Australia!)

Sharon Corbet The sentry boxes with staggered stripes are used in Prague. Possibly not uniquely, though.

beachcomber australia I don't know - my Danish granny had sunshades on her house here in very unsunny Ireland. But those statuettes around the roof edge seem more continental to me.