"Hexamshire Lass"

"Hexamshire Lass"

Image Details

Title "Hexamshire Lass"
Reference Number STH0014732
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period 1950s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information The Hexhamshire Lass passing North Shields. Built as an ash hopper which dumped ash from Stella Power Station out at sea she was later converted to a dredger. There were three ash hoppers Bessie Surtees, Bobbie Shaftoe and Hexhamshire Lass.