Tomorrows History - Made in the North East
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'From Raw Matetial to Finished Product'
A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White, 1861 (extracts)
A Ship Is Born, 1951
Adverts from the Beamish collections
Allendale Estate, estate, manorial and lead mining papers
Armstrong Mitchell / Whitworth photographs
Abdul Hamid
Turkish armoured cruiser (3805 displacement tons). 25/9/1903: Launched from Elsw...
Aline
Spanish passenger carrying paddle steamer (216 gross tons). 1905: Built Low Walk...
Angara
Russian ice breaker passenger steamer (1030 gross tons). 1899: Initially fabrica...
Audrey
British ferry paddle steamer (203 gross tons). 2/5/1897: Launched from Low Walke...
Bahia
Brazilian scout cruiser (3100 displacement tons). 21/1/1909: Launched from Elswi...
Baikal
Russian ice breaker train ferry (5280 gross tons). 1896-1899: Initially fabricat...
Baikal (bow view)
Russian ice breaker train ferry (5280 gross tons). 1896-1899: Initially fabricat...
Baikal (stern view)
Russian ice breaker train ferry (5280 gross tons). 1896-1899: Initially fabricat...
Beaverdale
British cargo liner (9957 gross tons). 28/9/1927: Launched from Armstrong Yard,...
Belray
Norwegian heavy lift motor vessel (2888 gross tons). 15/2/1926: Launched from th...
Borjom (Borem)
Russian oil tanker (2874 gross tons). 1896: Built at Low Walker Yard for Russian...
Bosphorus 53 (Insiram)
Turkish steam ferry (255 gross tons). 1906: Built Low Walker Yard for Bosphorus...
Bosphorus 59
Turkish steam ferry (323 gross tons). 1906: Built in Low Walker Yard for Bosphor...
Bulysses
British oil tanker (6069 gross tons). 1900: Built at Low Walker Yard for Shell T...
C.W.S. Progress
British coastal steamer (967 gross tons). 1931: Built at South Walker Yard for E...
Cayo Manzanillo
British cargo steamer (2984 gross tons). 1904: Built Low Walker Yard for Cuban S...
Chao Yung
Chinese cruiser (1366 displacement tons). 4/11/1880: Launched from Low Walker Ya...
Continental
Dutch cargo steamer (1053 gross tons). 1891: Built at Low Walker Yard for Rotter...
Cumbria
British barque rigged steam yacht (470 gross tons). 1883: Built at Low Walker fo...
Delta (Chinese name Tche-tien ot Ts'e Tien)
Chinese gunboat (425 displacement tons). 23/6/1876: Launched from Low Walker Yar...
Elise
Norwegian oil tanker (7910 gross tons). 19/12/1930: Launched from Low Walker Yar...
Elizabeta
Romanian barque rigged protected cruiser (1325 displacement tons). 29/12/1887: L...
Erthogroal
Turkish Imperial steam yacht (900 displacement tons). 30/12/1903: Launched from...
Esmerelda
Chilean protected cruiser (2950 displacement tons). 15/7/1883: Launched from Els...
Esmerelda
Chilean protected cruiser (2950 displacement tons). 15/7/1883: Launched from Els...
Faraday
British cable laying steamer (4901 gross tons). 1874: Built Low Walker Yard for...
Fraser
British Indian pilot steamer (1241 gross tons). 1904: Built Low Walker Yard for...
General Baquedano
Chilean training ship (2330 displacement tons). 5/7/1898: Launched from Elswick...
Goliath
British Burmese bouy vessel (498 gross tons). 1906: Built at Low Walker Yard for...
Gripsholm
Swedish passenger liner (18815 gross tons). 1925: Built at Armstrong Yard for Sw...
Hai Chi
Chinese cruiser (4514 displacement tons). 24/1/1898: Launched from Low Walker Ya...
Hampshire
British armoured cruiser (10700 displacement tons). 24/9/1903: Launched from Els...
Hercules
Australian suction dredger (895 gross tons). 1900: Built at Low Walker Yard for...
Invincible
British battle cruiser (17482 displacement tons). 13/4/1907: Launched from Elswi...
J.H.Plummer
British Great Lakes cargo steamer (1582 gross tons). 1903: Built Low Walker Yard...
Jupiter
Brazilian coastal passenger steamer (1124 gross tons). 1892: Built at Low Walker...
Kabinga
British cargo steamer (4657 gross tons). 1907: Built at Low Walker Yard for Buck...
Kashima
Japanese battleship (16383 displacement tons). 22/3/1905: Launched from Elswick...
Lady Strathcona
British cargo steamer (3942 gross tons). 1903: Built Low Walker for W.Petersen,...
Lambda (Chinese name Hai-chang-ching or Chen Hai)
Chinese gunboat (433 displacement tons). 22/12/1880: Launched from Low Walker Ya...
Le Progres
Egyptian tug/tanker (449 gross tons). 1892: Built at Low Walker Yard for Cie Uni...
Ledokol III
Russian ice breaker tug (907 gross tons). 1899: Built at Low Walker Yard for ser...
Lindon Bates
British Indian suction dredger (274 gross tons). 1900: Built at Low Walker Yard...
Mannheim
German oil tank steamer (3507 gross tons). 1892: Built Low Walker for Deutsch-Am...
Nijni Novgorod
Russian cargo steamer (3130 gross tons). 1891: Built at Low Walker Yard for Russ...
Nora
French steam yacht (339 gross tons). 1879: Built at Low Walker for French owner...
Norge
Norwegian coast defence battleship (3848 displacement tons). 31/3/1900: Launched...
North Lyell
Australian cargo passenger steamer (2027 gross tons). 1899: Built Low Walker Yar...
O'Higgins
Chilean cruiser (8476 displacement tons). 17/5/1897: Launched from Elswick Shipy...
Pervoi and Vtoroi
Russian paddle tugs (264 gross tons). 1894: Built at Low Walker Yard for service...
Sampo
Russian ice breaker (1339 gross tons). 1898: Built at Low Walker Yard for Imperi...
Samson
Australian suction dredger (1293 gross tons). 1900: Built at Low Walker Yard for...
Saratovski Ledokol
Russian icebreaker tug (569 gross tons). 1895: Built at Low Walker Yard for the...
Saratovski Ledokol
Russian ice breaker tug (569 gross tons). 1895: Built at Low Walker Yard for the...
Saxoleine
British oil tanker (3757 gross tons). 1899: Built at Low Walker Yard for Hunting...
Scotia
Canadian ice breaking train ferry (1461 gross tons). 1901: Built at Low Walker Y...
Sir William Hoy
South African tug and salvage steamer. 28/11/1928: Launched from Tyne Iron Shipy...
Southern Cross
British missionary steam top-sail schooner (638 gross tons). 11/2/1893: Launched...
Southern Cross
British missionary steam top-sail schooner (638 gross tons). 11/2/1893: Launched...
Spitfire
British torpedo boat destroyer (280 displacement tons). 7/6/1895: Launched as El...
Staunch
British gunboat (160 displacement tons). 4/12/1867: Launched from Low Walker Yar...
Storstadt
Norwegian cargo steamer (6038 gross tons). 1911: Built at Low Walker Yard for No...
Storstadt
Norwegian cargo steamer (6038 gross tons). 1911: Built at Low Walker Yard for No...
Strongarm
British cargo steamer (3745 gross tons). 1928: Built as a speculation to keep Lo...
Superb
British battleship (22645 displacement tons). 7/11/1907: Launched from Elswick Y...
Tarmo
Russian ice breaker (1525 gross tons). 1907: Built at Low Walker Yard for work i...
Tatsuta
Japanese torpedo-gunboat (868 displacement tons). 20/12/1892: Launched from Elsw...
Trigonia
British oil tanker (1667 gross tons). 1898: Built Low Walker for Shell Transport...
Uruguay
German cargo steamer (1982 gross tons). 1883: Built at Low Walker Yard for Hambu...
Veria
British cargo steamer (3229 gross tons). 1899: Built at Low Walker Yard for Cuna...
Victoria
British battleship (10509 displacement tons). 30/6/1885: Laid down in Elswick Ya...
Viking
British cable repair steamer (929 gross tons). 1901: Built Low Walker Yard for A...
Viking
British passenger steamer (1951 gross tons). 1906: Built Low Walker Yard for Isl...
Viking
British passenger steamer (1951 gross tons). 1906: Built Low Walker Yard for Isl...
Warden
British Lighthouse and Buoy Vessel (828 gross tons). 12/2/1929: Launched from Ty...
Yashima
Japanese battleship (12330 displacement tons). 8/2/1896: Launched from Elswick Y...
Yongala
Australian coastal passenger steamer (3664 gross tons). 1903: Built Low Walker f...
Yoshino
Japanese protected cruiser (4158 displacement tons). 20/12/1892: Launched from E...
Bailey's Agriculture of the County of Durham, 1810.
Bartram's Yard, 100 Years of Shipbuilding
Blackett (Wylam) papers
Brewster's History of Stockton (extracts)
Broadsheets (mostly 19th century Newcastle)
Buildings of the North East
Bulmer's Directory of North Yorkshire
Bulmer's Directory of Northumberland
Bygone Guisborough
Bygone Newcastle
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