Image has gone. The Baltic Flour Mill was built by the Rank Hovis company to a late-1930s design by architects Gelder and Kitchen; it was completed in 1950, extended in 1957 by the addition of an animal feed mill, and closed in 1981. Following an architectural design competition, ten years of planning and a capital investment of £50m, the Baltic opened in July 2002. For further info about the Baltic, see the Wiki entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Centre_for_Contemporary_Art . The 1st geograph for this grid square is a similar view, taken in April 2003 by Richard Howell, when the VCPS was in place, and the flats near The Baltic were under construction Image."> The Millennium Bridge and The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
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The Millennium Bridge and The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Millennium Bridge and The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art by Mike Quinn as part of the Geograph project.

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The Millennium Bridge and The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 18 May 2015

For info about the bridge, see the Wiki entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge . The "Vessel Collision Protection System" (VCPS) shown in Andrew Curtis's photo Image has gone. The Baltic Flour Mill was built by the Rank Hovis company to a late-1930s design by architects Gelder and Kitchen; it was completed in 1950, extended in 1957 by the addition of an animal feed mill, and closed in 1981. Following an architectural design competition, ten years of planning and a capital investment of £50m, the Baltic opened in July 2002. For further info about the Baltic, see the Wiki entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Centre_for_Contemporary_Art . The 1st geograph for this grid square is a similar view, taken in April 2003 by Richard Howell, when the VCPS was in place, and the flats near The Baltic were under construction Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.969237
Longitude
-1.598059