The picture shows two ships under construction in the North Shore shipyard. Both of them are covered in scaffolding which seems to have been a permananent feature of the site. Further along are two ships being “fitted out” with machinery and accomodation.The nearest one is close to completion, since the funnel can be seen. The other one is at the first and more difficult stage. In this the triangular structure, called a “shear legs”, would be used to lift and position heavy equipment like boilers and engines into the depth of the ship.
My mother used to talk about the ferry over the Tees, she was born 1911.
The picture shows two ships under construction in the North Shore shipyard. Both of them are covered in scaffolding which seems to have been a permananent feature of the site. Further along are two ships being “fitted out” with machinery and accomodation.The nearest one is close to completion, since the funnel can be seen. The other one is at the first and more difficult stage. In this the triangular structure, called a “shear legs”, would be used to lift and position heavy equipment like boilers and engines into the depth of the ship.