scotswood

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Royal Mail van built at the Scotswood Works

  • optimal chicken said:
    Lets hope the clutch was smooth!
  • optimal chicken said:
    Interesting how the radiators are fixed to the sides of the engine cover too.

Elswick Shipyard, 1885

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  • 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

Aerial view of the Elswick Works

  • Brownie93 said:
    I worked at the leather worksnext door in the 70s