EAW009377 ENGLAND (1947). Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend Shipbuilding Yard and environs, Wallsend, 1947

HMS Sainte, undergoing completion.

This is a row of 7 Berths along the river side that once belonged to the Newcastle Shipbuilding Co that operated from 1919 to 1921 & then went bankrupt. A few of the Berths were there previously & belonged to the small Ship Building Co of 'Huntley Shipbuilding Co' who were bought out by the Newcastle Shipbuilding Co.

This factory was a gear wheel/gearbox manufacturing company but originally it had been a Plater's Shed for the unlucky Newcastle Shipbuilding Co. They'd started off in 1919 & went bust in 1921. Reay Gears from Gateshead bought the sheds at the end of the 20s, then in later years it became Geo Angus Gears & finally Richardson Westgarth Transmissions (RWT). It finally closed mid 1970s & the land is now a Housing Estate.

The old remains of Hebburn 'C' Pit

Lamport St which ran from Ellison St as far as the Engineering Factory gate roughly at the bottom of Price St.

The long gone Ballast Hill at the riverside

Whigham Richardson's shipyard at Wallsend

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Hebburn.

Hebburn Palmer's Ship Repair Yard

Hawthorn Leslies Ship Building Yard at Hebburn.

Swan Hunter's Shipyard in Wallsend