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Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne

Posted by Norman Dunn on 19/10/2024, 12:22:32

This is another little history lesson from a 1930 Booklet.

Re: Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne

Posted by Stan Wears on 19/10/2024, 12:46:22, in reply to "Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne"

Very interesting Norman..

Re: Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne

Posted by John Shearer on 20/10/2024, 1:02:30, in reply to "Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne"

Great reading Norman, thank you.

Re: Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne

Posted by Mac Hardy on 20/10/2024, 11:44:07, in reply to "Re: Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne"

How do you do it Norman, this fantastic site just gets better and better, so much information, history and great photographs, together with feedback from readers, look forward to it every day and the comments that go with it, absolutely great, thank you and admin staff as well as contributors very much for making my day.

Re: Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne

Posted by Norman Dunn on 20/10/2024, 15:40:33, in reply to "Re: Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne"

thank you for your lovely comments Mac Hardy. I'm really pleased you enjoy the History lessons on the Forum.

In case you dont scroll down, I added another intersting tale on the thread about the Morris shipyard twins yesterday.

Re: Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne

Posted by John Shearer on 20/10/2024, 16:28:21, in reply to "Re: Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne"

Allan/Norman, I did read some time ago that "Millions" of Tons of sand and silt was dredged from the river to make it more commercial.

River Tyne

Posted by Allan Campbell on 20/10/2024, 12:40:35, in reply to "Bet you didnt know this about our River Tyne"

Reading the document about the water depth at Tyne entrance increasing from 6 feet to over 32 feet.

These days is the river being dredged on a regular basis. The depth required in the 60/70’s not necessary these days as it used to be upriver of Hebburn or Walker.

Allan C.

Re: River Tyne

Posted by Norman Dunn on 20/10/2024, 17:49:21, in reply to "River Tyne"

There was always Dredgers working on the river when we were young.
There was an Island in the middle of the River called 'Cockcrow Sands' when Mr Leslie arrived from Bonny Scotland. I heard it was a hamlet of salmon fisher folk. That Island had to be removed as it obstructed launches.

Re: River Tyne

Posted by Allan Campbell on 20/10/2024, 20:34:38, in reply to "Re: River Tyne"

The river was regularly dredged when I lived in Hebburn up to to 1969.

I would suspect that with all the heavy rains over the past few years the river could well be silting up in some spots.

Allan C.

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