Dunston Staiths
Address is taken from a point 429 yards away.
Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
| Armstrong Swing Bridge | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
| High Level Bridge | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge | 6¾ furlongs | |
| King Edward VII Bridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| Redheugh Bridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Dunston Staiths | ||
| Tyne - Team Junction | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Tyne - Derwent Junction | 2 miles, ¼ furlongs | |
| Scotswood Bridge | 2 miles, 4½ furlongs | |
| Scotswood Railway Bridge | 2 miles, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Blaydon Bridge | 2 miles, 7¾ furlongs | |
Amenities here
Fish & Chips
Denton Cycles - Newcastle Upon Tyne Machine Mart Speedy HireAmenities nearby at Tyne - Team Junction
Aldi
C P Superstore Fish & Chips
Boots Chemist Boots Chemist
Cashpoint Cashpoint
BP Davidson Diy Jet Total Jewson
Dunston StationAmenities nearby at Redheugh Bridge
Costcutter Barclays Cashpoint Lloyds Bank NatWest Forecourt 24hrs Shell Shell Fuel Card Shell V-Power Diesel
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Wikipedia has a page about Dunston Staiths
Dunston is particularly known for wooden coal staiths, first opened in 1893 as a structure for loading coal from the North Durham coalfield onto ships. In the 1920s, 140,000 tons of coal per week were loaded from the staiths, and they continued to be used until the 1970s. They were also a shipping point for coke produced at the nearby Norwood Coke Works, as well as pencil pitch manufactured at the Thomas Ness Tar Works using by-products from the Norwood plant and the Redheugh Gasworks. Throughout their working life, motive power for shunting wagons on the staiths and in their extensive sidings known as the Norwood Coal Yard came in the form of locomotives from Gateshead MPD. The staiths' output gradually declined with the contraction of the coal industry, and they were finally closed and partially dismantled in 1980. Now redundant, the railway lines leading to the staiths were lifted, finally allowing the demolition of several low bridges that had become a nuisance to bus operators by limiting the routes available to double-deckers in the area. For many years, the men who worked on the staiths, known as teemers (the men who released the coal from the wagons and operated the loading chutes and conveyors) and trimmers (who had the dangerous job of ensuring the stability of the colliers by levelling the load in their holds as they were filled), had their own room in the nearby Dunston Excelsior Club. For anyone not employed in the club or on the staiths, access to the room was strictly by invite only, and the staithesmen held a reputation for unceremoniously ejecting anyone who fell foul of this rule.