1977

NZ3564 : Railway arch at Tyne Dock in 1977

taken 48 years ago, near to Jarrow, South Tyneside, England

Railway arch at Tyne Dock in 1977
Railway arch at Tyne Dock in 1977
The easternmost of four massive arches that delivered coal by train to staithes that extended into Tyne Dock, off to the left out of the image. The area is entirely changed (in 2021) with all trace of the arches gone and even the huge Tyne Dock filled in and the reclaimed land, redeveloped.

Note 1: The accurate locating of the camera position and that of the arch was made possible by the remarkable map resource available on-line from the National Library of Scotland. It's possible to view historical maps at all scales and to overlay them on to up-to-date, aerial views. By using the 'spyglass' feature the historic map is displayed over the modern situation with grid references displayed.
Note 2: The image was recorded on Fuji R100 film which, after almost 44 years has developed a colour cast that I haven't been able to correct, even in Lightroom, and so a conversion to black & white has been made.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Trevor Littlewood and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Lowlands Docks, Harbours Roads, Road transport Primary Subject: Arch other tags: Railway Arch Roads Dock Premises Advertising Board Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Coal Staithes [3] ·
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NZ3564, 47 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Trevor Littlewood   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 6 March, 1977   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 29 January, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 3550 6498 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.6902N 1:26.8132W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 3542 6496
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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