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This row of Slipways were part of the Newcastle Shipbuilding Companies enterprise started in 1919 but unfortunately finished in 1921. The Platers Sheds higher up the land were taken over by Reay Gear Works late 1920s. Gear wheels & gearboxes were produced there until the 1970s. It later became Geo Angus & later still RW Tramsmissions finally closing in the mid 1970s '