Brigham and Cowans Dockyard

Brigham and Cowans Dockyard

Image Details

Title Brigham and Cowans Dockyard
Reference Number STH0005094
Photographer Lubi Ken
Town or Village South Shields
Date Mar 82
Original Format Black and white photograph
Period The 1980s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Black and white photograph showing remains of Stanhope & Tyne Railway
coal drops inside Brigham and Cowans Dockyard, built in 1834 as part
of a scheme to transport limestone from Weardale and coal from North
West Durham to South Shields. The coal staithes went out of use after
the opening of Tyne Dock in 1859.