Middle Docks and Commercial Road

Middle Docks and Commercial Road

Image Details

Title Middle Docks and Commercial Road
Reference Number STH0016676
Photographer Fred Mudditt Fietscher Fotos Ltd
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1978
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period 1970s
Copyright Mudditt Family
Further Information Above the Mill Dam is the old Staith Buildings and the staiths with a ship in dock. Top left is the Market Square and the Town Hall with St. Hilda's Church to the right of the square. Top right is the old mineral line from St. Hilda Colliery going under Coronation Street to the staiths and Newcastle with South Shields railway line crossing them. The old factories can be seen in Coronation Street.