3 thoughts on “Aerial views of the River Tees. c1922”
Re: photo pair t2029-30 above. The classically influenced facade and apex roof of ‘The Plaza’ in Bishop Street can be seen in front of the huge warehouse at the end of Silver Street in the bottom right corner of t2030. On the Plaza’s right is the Grand public house on the corner of Cross Street. On the Plaza’s left, past the chimney and on the riverside, is the saw-toothed roof of part of the Waterloo Mills complex in Sugarhouse Open. If this 1922 photo is correctly dated, it may be older, then t5244 of Waterloo Mills from 1910 is incorrectly dated as the adjoining saw-toothed roof building of t2030 has already been demolished in t5244. The buildings in front of Waterloo Mills above in Sugarhouse Open are aligned almost parallel to the river, except for the lightly coloured, sharp, apex roof of the warehouse next to the Baltic Tavern just to the left of the saw-toothed building. The largish building in the bottom left corner of t2030 seems to be the old Customs House painted by Batty in s476. The bottom foreground shows Thistle Green with an out-of-focus Burton House just visible, bottom centre. Photos t2029-30 look to be expansions of t50.
The picture with the ship shows what would be Ropners Shipbuilding yard which is on the Stockton side and launched down the river. On the opposite side was Richardson Ducks yard, also launching down the river. In the 40’s and 50’s this was a shipbreakers yard. My oilstone box was made from a peace of handrail from a scrapped ship. In the 2nd photo it shows the Craig Taylors yard who launched across the river.
The ship in the picture on the left appears to be berthed alongside the North Shore Ship Buiding Yard, just downstream of Stockton. This is the only reasonably clear view we have of this site. The building in the right hand corner became the Remploy factory in the 1940s, and was demolished around 1970. The shipbuilding yard on the other side of the river is that of South Stockton. I understand it eventually became a ship breakers. This picture may have been taken at the same time as the more well known one of Stockton High Street which has recently appeared on Picture Stockton.
Re: photo pair t2029-30 above. The classically influenced facade and apex roof of ‘The Plaza’ in Bishop Street can be seen in front of the huge warehouse at the end of Silver Street in the bottom right corner of t2030. On the Plaza’s right is the Grand public house on the corner of Cross Street. On the Plaza’s left, past the chimney and on the riverside, is the saw-toothed roof of part of the Waterloo Mills complex in Sugarhouse Open. If this 1922 photo is correctly dated, it may be older, then t5244 of Waterloo Mills from 1910 is incorrectly dated as the adjoining saw-toothed roof building of t2030 has already been demolished in t5244. The buildings in front of Waterloo Mills above in Sugarhouse Open are aligned almost parallel to the river, except for the lightly coloured, sharp, apex roof of the warehouse next to the Baltic Tavern just to the left of the saw-toothed building. The largish building in the bottom left corner of t2030 seems to be the old Customs House painted by Batty in s476. The bottom foreground shows Thistle Green with an out-of-focus Burton House just visible, bottom centre. Photos t2029-30 look to be expansions of t50.
The picture with the ship shows what would be Ropners Shipbuilding yard which is on the Stockton side and launched down the river. On the opposite side was Richardson Ducks yard, also launching down the river. In the 40’s and 50’s this was a shipbreakers yard. My oilstone box was made from a peace of handrail from a scrapped ship. In the 2nd photo it shows the Craig Taylors yard who launched across the river.
The ship in the picture on the left appears to be berthed alongside the North Shore Ship Buiding Yard, just downstream of Stockton. This is the only reasonably clear view we have of this site. The building in the right hand corner became the Remploy factory in the 1940s, and was demolished around 1970. The shipbuilding yard on the other side of the river is that of South Stockton. I understand it eventually became a ship breakers. This picture may have been taken at the same time as the more well known one of Stockton High Street which has recently appeared on Picture Stockton.