A schooner called the Young Hudson can be seen moored on the quayside possibly c1880s/1890s. The Young Hudson was built in 1871 for Hudson, London for the Hull coastal trade.
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A schooner called the Young Hudson can be seen moored on the quayside possibly c1880s/1890s. The Young Hudson was built in 1871 for Hudson, London for the Hull coastal trade.
Thanks for the information chaps. I think you’re right on the optical illusion. As a slight aside I used to work at Head Wrightson as an electrician, and all the electrical substations were still known by their original location, i.e. Craig Taylor, Richardson Duck,etc.
Ian,
For orientation you can see the twin spires of the Methodist church (http://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/paradise-row-methodist-church/) on Paradise Row (now Church Road) with the tower of Bailey Street School behind (http://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/bailey-street-school-bath-lane/).
I guess the photo is taken from Victoria Bridge looking north, with the open land behind the schooner being Teesdale, then the Thornaby Ship Yard with a forest of scaffold around a ship in progress.
I don’t think there is a bridge.
I have two questions. Was the schooner built at Stockton, and what bridge is that in the background?
This vessel was built by Spencer at Hull in 1871.
The bridge in the background is an optical illusion, created by the semicircular gable end of a shed, which stands in front of the dark mass of scaffolding surrounding a ship in the shipyard on the north bank of the Tees
The mooring post was just down river from the Cleveland Flour Mills, which would be just out of shot to the right.