Harbour from Lawe Top

Harbour from Lawe Top

Image Details

Title Harbour from Lawe Top
Reference Number STH0005814
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1947
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period 1940s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Black and white photograph showing the view of the harbour from Pilots
Stairs, Lawe Top.  On the left is the Lawe Oil Wharf (later Velva
Liquids).  You can see river Drive below the stairs.  The concrete
blocks around the beach were part of  a WW11 defence system.