Shadwell Street

Shadwell Street

Image Details

Title Shadwell Street
Reference Number STH0000267
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1898
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period Victorian (1837-1901)
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Shadwell Street, adjoining Salmon's Quay, near where Brigham's Dock
used to be. Pier for ballast railway on left. Thomas Salmon, first
Town Clerk, owned the ballast railway. The Quay has no reference to
the fishing industry. A paddle steamer can be seen in the background
as well as the faint outline of the High Light on the north side of
the river.