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View of Dunston Staithes from the North Side

View of Dunston Staithes from the North Side

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View of Dunston Staithes from the North Side

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Location: North East England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Newcastle and Ponteland loop from Hexham

90.8km

04:04

690m

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2. Newcastle & the River Tyne loop from Hexham

91.6km

03:18

740m

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3. Hagg Bank Bridge – George Stephenson's Birthplace loop from Dunston

42.7km

02:31

160m

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steve

October 3, 2020

Dunston Staithes are the largest timber structure in Europe and probably in the world, although there is no proof of this. The structure is made of North American pitch pine timber, no longer available, from the once unlimited forest. Most of the timber used was 20 metres long, 14 inches deep and 14 inches wide. The total weight of timber is 3,200 tons,

The Staithes are 526 metres long with 4 railway tracks, 6 loading berths (3 on each side), with two chutes to each berth. The gradient from West to East is 1 in 90. The main structure was £33,130.19s.lld The railway known as the permanent way was £247.5s.0d., additional timber £2,433,19s.2d. The total cost £210,000., which was a lot of money in 1890.

In the early 19th Century, Waggonways were used to transport the coal from the North Durham coal-fields, of which there were quite a few. Dunston, at that time, would largely be agricultural, supplying food for Newcastle and Gateshead. Meat, such as pork, lamb, mutton and beef, as well as milk, vegetables, grain and hay, but the more industry increased, the food was produced locally. Ships came into the Tyne at Dunston from all over the world to collect their cargo, the crews would need feeding, so the Dunston shops did very well in those days. Some of the crews would stay at the Seaman's Mission, which is now the Community Centre. As the Staithes became more and more of a success, the farmers started to charge for crossing their land.

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historyofdunston.weebly.com/the-staithes.html

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View of Dunston Staithes from the North Side

1. Newcastle and Ponteland loop from Hexham

2. Newcastle & the River Tyne loop from Hexham

3. Hagg Bank Bridge – George Stephenson's Birthplace loop from Dunston

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