The 'Ruth Lake' at the Iron Ore Quay

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Title	The 'Ruth Lake' at the Iron Ore Quay
Reference Number	STH0021069
Photographer	Unknown
Town or Village	Tyne Dock
Date	14 November 1957
Original Format	Black and White Photograph
Period	1950s
Copyright	Shields Gazette
Further Information	The ore carrier Ruth Lake, built at Swan hunter's in 1956, discharging a 29,000 ton cargo at the Iron Ore Quay. This was a record for the river and for the United Kingdom.