Saturday 28 July 2012

South Shields Ferry, 1911

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This is a scale model of the South Shields, a twin screw vehicular ferry built by Wood, Skinner and Company Ltd in Gateshead. It operated ferry services between North Shields and South Shields, originally owned by the Tyne Improvement Commission, on the River Tyne from 1911 up until the 1970's



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2 comments:

  1. Dear Santa ...can I have ...please

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  2. Lovely little ferry isn't it? Slight correction to the text (blame the Newcastle Discovery Museum I took the photos of the model in!), it was retired and scrapped in 1968;

    http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/S-Ships/southshields1911.html

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