Former graving dock, South Shields
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Former graving dock, South Shields 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
Former graving dock, South Shields
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 27 Nov 2015
A feature incorporated between the housing developments of Coble Landing and Broad Landing. The series of old docks retained as features in the new housing developments are remnants of Brigham and Cowan's ship repair yard, founded in 1874 and finally closed in 1982.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.998443
Longitude
-1.439261