Landscape aerial photo, view from the northeast. (Image from LATE 20TH CENTURY)

Structures identified:

• South Shields ( [EXTANT], South Shields, SOUTH TYNESIDE) 
      TOWN
  
• River Drive Bridge ( [EXTANT], South Shields, SOUTH TYNESIDE) 
      ROAD BRIDGE
  
• unnamed ( [EXTANT], South Shields, SOUTH TYNESIDE) 
      GAS HOLDER
  

Image details:

 
Norman McCord Collection , Collection Ref. No.: 464
35MM KODACHROME SLIDES, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape aerial photo, view from the southwest. (Image from LATE 20TH CENTURY)

Structures identified:

• unnamed ( [EXTANT], Morpeth, NORTHUMBERLAND) 
      RAILWAY VIADUCT
  
• unnamed ( [EXTANT], Morpeth, NORTHUMBERLAND) 
      RAILWAY, ROAD BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
Norman McCord Collection , Collection Ref. No.: 383
35MM GENERIC E6 SLIDES, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape aerial photo, view from the east. (Image from LATE 20TH CENTURY)

Structures identified:

• Parish Haugh Sewage Works (Morpeth, NORTHUMBERLAND) 
      SEWAGE WORKS
  
• Morpeth ( [EXTANT], Morpeth, NORTHUMBERLAND) 
      TOWN
  
• unnamed ( [EXTANT], Morpeth, NORTHUMBERLAND) 
      RAILWAY, ROAD BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
Norman McCord Collection , Collection Ref. No.: 387
35MM KODACHROME SLIDES, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape view of Wallsend's Church Pit showing the pithead structures and railways. (Image from EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

Structures identified:

• Wallsend Colliery: Church Pit ( [NON EXTANT], Wallsend, NORTH TYNESIDE) 
      COLLIERY, RAILWAY BRIDGE, VENTILATION CHIMNEY, WAGONWAY, WINDER HOUSE
  

Image details:

 
The Church Pit Wallsend - Thomas Harrison Hair Collection , Collection Ref. No.: HW:014
WATERCOLOURS, SKETCHES

 
Landscape watercolour of Gosforth Colliery. View from the south. (Image from EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

Structures identified:

• Gosforth and Kenton/Coxlodge Wagonway (Newcastle upon Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      WAGONWAY
  
• Gosforth Colliery ( [NON EXTANT], South Gosforth, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      COLLIERY, VENTILATION CHIMNEY, VIADUCT, WINDER HOUSE
  
• Haddricks Mill Bridge ( [EXTANT], South Gosforth, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 
      ROAD BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
Gosforth Colliery - Thomas Harrison Hair Collection , Collection Ref. No.: HW:028
WATERCOLOURS, SKETCHES

 
Landscape view of an air shaft at Wallsend Colliery. (Image from 1839)

Structures identified:

• Wallsend Colliery: Church Pit ( [NON EXTANT], Wallsend, NORTH TYNESIDE) 
      COLLIERY, RAILWAY BRIDGE, VENTILATION CHIMNEY, WAGONWAY, WINDER HOUSE
  
• Wallsend ( [EXTANT], Wallsend, NORTH TYNESIDE) 
      TOWER BLOCK, VILLAGE
  

Image details:

 
Air Shaft Wallsend - Thomas Harrison Hair Collection , Collection Ref. No.: HW:038
WATERCOLOURS, SKETCHES

 
Landscape watercolour of the drops at Sunderland, with the first Wearmouth bridge and the bottle works' cone faintly visible in the background. View from the west. (Image from EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

Structures identified:

• Sunderland ( [EXTANT], Sunderland, SUNDERLAND) 
      TOWN
  
• unnamed ( [EXTANT], Ayres Quay, SUNDERLAND) 
      TUNNEL, WAGONWAY
  
• Horn & Scotts Bottle Works ( [NON EXTANT], Ayres Quay, SUNDERLAND) 
      BOTTLE WORKS, GLASS CONE
  
• Lambton Staiths ( [EXTANT], Bishopwearmouth, SUNDERLAND) 
      COAL DROP, STAITH, WAGONWAY
  
• Wearmouth Bridge (1796) ( [NON EXTANT], Sunderland, SUNDERLAND) 
      ARCH BRIDGE, ROAD BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
Drops at Sunderland - Thomas Harrison Hair Collection , Collection Ref. No.: HW:040
WATERCOLOURS, SKETCHES

 
Landscape view of part of bridge and adjoining buildings. (Image from January 1960)

Structures identified:

• Elvet Bridge ( [EXTANT], Durham, DURHAM) 
      ARCH BRIDGE, ROAD BRIDGE
  

Image details:

 
Kathleen Firby Collection
35MM SLIDES, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape photo of the High Level, Swing and King Edward bridges over the Tyne. View from the northeast. (Image from 1 October 1960)

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:

 
Kathleen Firby Collection
35MM SLIDES, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

 
Landscape photo of the Lion Bridge with Alnwick Castle in the background. (Image from LATE 20TH CENTURY)

Structures identified:

• Percy Lion (Alnwick, NORTHUMBERLAND) 
      STATUE
  
• Lion Bridge ( [EXTANT], Alnwick, NORTHUMBERLAND) 
      ARCH BRIDGE, STATUE
  
• Alnwick Castle (Alnwick Castle, NORTHUMBERLAND) 
      CASTLE, RIDING SCHOOL, SHELL KEEP
  

Image details:

 
Kathleen Firby Collection
35MM GENERIC E6 SLIDES, RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS

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