Landscape photo looking at the concrete piers of the Metro Bridge from Gateshead. View from the southeast. (Image from 9 August 1977)

Structures identified:

• Newcastle upon Tyne ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      TOWN
  
• Close ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      HOUSE, ROAD, SHOP, WAREHOUSE
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
John Fleming Collection , Collection Ref. No.: 5-117-36
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape photo looking at the construction of the Metro Bridge from the Newcastle side of the river. View from the northwest. (Image from 9 August 1977)

Structures identified:

• Queen Elizabeth II Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  
• unnamed (Gateshead, GATESHEAD) 
      WHARF
  
• Stourbridge Glass Works ( [NON EXTANT], Gateshead, GATESHEAD) 
      GLASS WORKS
  
• unnamed (Gateshead, GATESHEAD) 
      RAILWAY WAREHOUSE
  
• unnamed (Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      WAREHOUSE
  

Image details:

 
John Fleming Collection , Collection Ref. No.: 5-117-32
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Portrait photo looking at the construction of the Metro Bridge. View from the northwest. (Image from 18 June 1978)

Structures identified:

• Queen Elizabeth II Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  
• unnamed (Gateshead, GATESHEAD) 
      RAILWAY WAREHOUSE
  
• unnamed ( [NON EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
  

Image details:

 
John Fleming Collection , Collection Ref. No.: 5-123-6
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape photo looking at the almost-complete Metro Bridge, with other Tyne bridges in the background. View from the west. (Image from 18 June 1978)

Structures identified:

• Swing Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      SWING BRIDGE
  
• High Level Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE, ROAD BRIDGE, TOLL BRIDGE
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  
• New Tyne Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      ARCH BRIDGE, ROAD BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
John Fleming Collection , Collection Ref. No.: 5-123-5
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape photo looking at the Gateshead end of the Metro bridge during construction. View from the west. (Image from 18 June 1978)

Structures identified:

• Queen Elizabeth II Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  
• unnamed (Gateshead, GATESHEAD) 
      WHARF
  
• Stourbridge Glass Works ( [NON EXTANT], Gateshead, GATESHEAD) 
      GLASS WORKS
  
• unnamed (Gateshead, GATESHEAD) 
      RAILWAY WAREHOUSE
  

Image details:

 
John Fleming Collection , Collection Ref. No.: 5-123-4
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape photograph of bridges crossing the Tyne, with the Swing Bridge open. View from the northeast. (Image from July 1986)

Structures identified:

• Swing Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      SWING BRIDGE
  
• High Level Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE, ROAD BRIDGE, TOLL BRIDGE
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  
• King Edward VII Railway Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
Stafford Linsley Collection , Collection Ref. No.: B398
35MM KODACHROME SLIDES, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape photograph of the Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge. View from the northeast. (Image from June 1996)

Structures identified:

• Queen Elizabeth II Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  
• Copthorne Hotel ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      HOTEL
  

Image details:

 
Stafford Linsley Collection , Collection Ref. No.: B4648
35MM KODACHROME SLIDES, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape photograph of the King Edward VII Railway Bridge. View from the northeast. (Image from October 1978)

Structures identified:

• King Edward VII Railway Bridge ( [EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      RAILWAY BRIDGE
  
• Redheugh Bridge (1901-1984) ( [NON EXTANT], Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      GIRDER BRIDGE, ROAD BRIDGE, TOLL BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
Stafford Linsley Collection , Collection Ref. No.: A5770
35MM GENERIC E6 SLIDES, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

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