Detail View: SHIMMER: Dunston Staithes
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Title:
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Dunston Staithes
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Creation Date:
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1893
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Image Date:
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2011
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Period:
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19th century
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Start Date:
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1890
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End Date:
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1893
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Location:
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Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS
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Image ID:
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11-0128
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Description:
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Exterior view: built by the North Eastern Railways who used them until 1980. Their primary use was to enable the transportation of coal onto boats in the River Tyne. The Staithes were renovated at the time of the Gateshead Garden Festival 1990.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Related Information:
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Dunston Staithes. For more information see also < http://ourgateshead.org/groups/sunniside-and-district-history-society/dunston-staithes >. Last visited May 12, 2011.
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Creator:
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NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS
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Creator Role:
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Railway company.
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Subject Heading:
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Industrial equipment
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Subject Heading:
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Wharves -- England
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Subject Heading:
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Railroads -- England
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Subject Heading:
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Harbours
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