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Description: | inscription, handwritten, handwritten in blue ink and pencil, River steamer of Tyne General Ferry Company
(used to carry passengers between North Shields,
South Shields, Tyne Dock + to Newcastle, with
extension to North and South Piers to Ryton(?)
in summer time. Finished about 1900
when Tyneside Tramways and other companies
began tram service along riverside.
Finished Saturday December 5th 1908
Photograph, black and white, showing a paddle steamer on the River Tyne. Handwritten on the back is, 'River steamer of Tyne General Ferry Company...'. Several other small river craft are also visible
Material: paper | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.452870 | Go to resource |
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