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
Saturday, 28 July 2012
South Shields Ferry, 1911
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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Dear Santa ...can I have ...please
ReplyDeleteLovely 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;
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/S-Ships/southshields1911.html