GD007
Tyne
Dunston
Dunston, Slipways
Gateshead
54.958891, -1.649097
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Opened:
1824
Closed:
1890
Owners:
Thomas Sadler (1824) Dunston Shipbuilding Co. (1883 - 1890)
Types built here:
Customers (Not Exhaustive):
Estimated Output:
2
Construction Materials:
Wood
Status:
Redeveloped
Last Updated:
11/06/23
Description
This was probably the site of Sadler's shipyard in the 1820s. Hints provided include the first edition of the Ordnance Survey which features "Sadler's Landing" here. Also, Sadler Square was located directly south of what became the 2 small slipways that were situated at Dunston in the 1890s.
These were likely the yard of the Dunston Shipbuilding Co. Sadler was a keel builder who died in 1836 at the age of 54. There is a chance the yard was still operating at this point, however other vessels can not be found. The Dunston Shipbuilding Co operated between 1883 and 1890 and produced at least two wooden steamers. One was named Gannet and was a fishing vessel bought by John Oliver Spence.
In the 1890s the yard appears on the Ordnance Survey map at Dunston West Junction, featured a number of cranes and two slipways.
There is no evidence today.
Ordnance Survey, 1939. Surveyed in 1937.
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