South Tyneside History
Title | The Disappearing Gun at Trow Rocks |
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Reference Number | STH0023953 |
Photographer | Keith Bardwell |
Town or Village | South Shields |
Date | |
Original Format | Colour Photograph |
Period | c1990s |
Copyright | South Tyneside Libraries |
Further Information | The Victorian artillery piece that sits on the headland at the south end of the beach at South Shields is known as the Trow Rock ‘Disappearing Gun’. The actual weapon we see today is a substitute, placed there in 1987, for the original gun installed around 1887. |