Shepherd's Scrap Metal Works, Ford Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Shepherd's Scrap Metal Works, Ford Street by Andrew Curtis as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Shepherd's Scrap Metal Works, Ford Street
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 28 Mar 2010
View here from the gates on Albion Row Image This business is located on one of the former sites of the world famous Maling Pottery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maling_pottery The Maling family had relocated to Newcastle from North Hylton on Wearside in 1815, originally to manufacture plain earthenware jam jars. They built a much larger pottery here in 1858, known as Maling Ford A, and in 1878 an even larger pottery, Ford B, just east of the Ouseburn, now known as Hoult’s Yard Image These factories were the largest and most modern in the world, achieving automated high volume production, a huge range of goods and a good working environment for their staff. http://www.twsitelines.info/siteline.nsf/SMR/25208F416CC2CB7C802576AF003E6E20
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.973069
Longitude
-1.588335