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The Tyne at Jarrow

Posted by peter cook on 21/11/2024, 5:43 am

An old postcard photo dated (posted) 12th October 1903.

Re: The Tyne at Jarrow

Posted by John Shearer on 21/11/2024, 11:08 am, in reply to "The Tyne at Jarrow"

What a great picture that is Peter and, what conditions existed on the river.

Re: The Tyne at Jarrow

Posted by Allan Campbell on 21/11/2024, 12:50 pm, in reply to "Re: The Tyne at Jarrow"

No wonder all buildings became Black!

Allan C.

Re: The Tyne at Jarrow

Posted by Norman on 21/11/2024, 3:21 pm, in reply to "Re: The Tyne at Jarrow"

The Blast Furnaces made steel from Iron Ore & the waste slag that got skimmed off went into special trucks and taken to the Jarrow-Hebburn border where it was dumped, eventually making our massive slag heap. My mam was born in 1922 and she said when they dumped it at night it lit up the night sky as it was still molten.

Re: The Tyne at Jarrow

Posted by Geordieboy ns on 21/11/2024, 8:04 pm, in reply to "The Tyne at Jarrow"

Nice picture Peter.Apart from the polution,nice shot of the padletug,they used to say they were very versatile with a small turning radius capability.

Re: The Tyne at Jarrow Geordieboy

Posted by peter cook on 21/11/2024, 9:36 pm, in reply to "Re: The Tyne at Jarrow"

That's not a tug, it's the ferry G.H. Dexter.

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