The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970.
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The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970.
The amazing photo was by Harriet Berney:
https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/E-Ships/essohibernia1970.html#Photo #Photograper #Ships #Photography
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The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970.
The amazing photo was by Harriet Berney:
https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/E-Ships/essohibernia1970.html#Photo #Photograper #Ships #Photography
@Natasha_Jay I often think of these two pictures from Wallsend, taken by Chris Killip six years apart - the first from the time when Swan, Hunter was building those huge tankers, and the second from after the tanker business had left.
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@Natasha_Jay I often think of these two pictures from Wallsend, taken by Chris Killip six years apart - the first from the time when Swan, Hunter was building those huge tankers, and the second from after the tanker business had left.
@RolloTreadway
Six years?
I knew it collapsed there soon after.
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@Natasha_Jay I often think of these two pictures from Wallsend, taken by Chris Killip six years apart - the first from the time when Swan, Hunter was building those huge tankers, and the second from after the tanker business had left.
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@Natasha_Jay I often think of these two pictures from Wallsend, taken by Chris Killip six years apart - the first from the time when Swan, Hunter was building those huge tankers, and the second from after the tanker business had left.
@RolloTreadway @Natasha_Jay There's a permanent exhibition at the Laing Gallery of Chris Killip's photographs of ships built on the Tyne, and the workers and their communities - many with the ships looming over the houses, dwarfing the people. He donated them back in 2019. I always pop into that when I go to the Laing.
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The 250,000 ton "Esso Hibernia" supertanker under construction in Wallsend, North Tyneside, back in 1970.
The amazing photo was by Harriet Berney:
https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/E-Ships/essohibernia1970.html#Photo #Photograper #Ships #Photography
An amazing photo
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@Natasha_Jay I often think of these two pictures from Wallsend, taken by Chris Killip six years apart - the first from the time when Swan, Hunter was building those huge tankers, and the second from after the tanker business had left.
@RolloTreadway @Natasha_Jay that second Pic gave me the chills, Don't vote, prepare for revolution!
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@Natasha_Jay I often think of these two pictures from Wallsend, taken by Chris Killip six years apart - the first from the time when Swan, Hunter was building those huge tankers, and the second from after the tanker business had left.
I remember as a kid being taken to see Esso Northumbria leave the river in 1970 was a party atmosphere. Seems like a different world now
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