Looking upstream from Hebburn Riverside Park
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Looking upstream from Hebburn Riverside Park
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 5 Aug 2024
The monolithic building on the far shore of the Tyne is the premises of Technip. Beyond are the two cranes at the Offshore Technology Park Image of Shepherd's Offshore at Walker Riverside. It is believed that the cranes have been nicknamed Branwen and Thor. There is certainly a precedent for naming giant cranes - notably Samson and Goliath in Belfast - see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.970815
Longitude
-1.53634