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| Peter on Favourite at St Peter's Basin (see NEMT for info on their boats) |
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| Roughly the same photographic standpoint over 70 years ago. The distant loco is probably Sisyphus (HL 2856 of 1911) scrapped 1951. (photo from the excellent Tyne Tugs website) |
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| 'Now' image of the marina from NLS Maps - use a slider to reveal the map of 'Then', showing the marina lying within the former site of R&W Hawthorn's marine engine works |
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| The cycleway above the marina passes the site of St Peter's Station on the Riverside Branch (photo Stations UK) |
1 comment:
Canny article with (better than) canny cross-references, maps & illustrations! The 'mine' of local railway/industrial history available must be formidible. Swalwell station & adjacent colliery on the Derwent Valley branch, anyone?
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