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Ferry landing, below Benton Way. Earlier ferries are mentioned in William Richardson's History of the Parish of Wallsend (1923). R & W Hawthorn Leslie, of Hebburn, had problems in 1901, getting the newly constituted Wallsend Borough to accept their plan for steam launches to carry their workers. The Evening Chronicle reported that Mid-Tyne Ferries had lost £141000. The operator, Swan Hunter, had declared them too expensive. The 3 boats, built in the 1940s, would soon need replacements - 3.7.1979. Manager Harry Rowell commented on a strike over passenger rowdiness; the boats were "Tyne Queen", "Tyne Duchess", "Tyne Princess" - Journal 15.3.1980. '
