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Description: | In the early 13th century a fishing port developed at Shields, at the mouth of the River Tyne. Simple houses (shiels) with wooden quays attached were built for the fishermen. During the 18th and 19th century, the export trade in coal, wool, and fish developed, and Shields became a successful and busy harbour. Ships were moored at both sides of the river mouth, at North and South Shields. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | work artists North Tyneside living in the North East transport art South Tyneside North East artists men | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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