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The Reay Gear Works which in the late 1920s took over these buildings after Newcastle Shipbuilding Co went bankrupt. In later years the factory was taken over by Richardson Westgarth & named RW Transmissions. It finally closed in mid 1970s & the land is now a Housing Estate (Tyne View) '