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Description: | Staithes were wooden structures that were built on riverbanks. They were built with a platform so a railway line could run along the top. When coal left the pits south of the Tyne, it was transported by railway in large wheeled wagons or wains to the end of the staithes. It was then loaded down into waiting boats. The men who did this were known as coal teamers. The larger staithes were erected in Dunston in 1893 and enlarged in 1903. They were the last working staithes on the Tyne. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Staithes Milling Railways Tyne Riverside | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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