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no.1135

SS Eros of Newcastle

c. 1911

A cargo vessel tied up at the dockside, it has a list to one side to aid with the unloading of its cargo of timber. Railway wagons and goods loading cranes stand along the dockside. Bow of another vessel in foreground. Jute warehouses in the background and St James' Church in distance to the left. Men standing on dockside and another ascending a gangplank onto the Eros.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9605

no.1135

SS Eros of Newcastle

c. 1911

A cargo vessel tied up at the dockside, it has a list to one side to aid with the unloading of its cargo of timber. Railway wagons and goods loading cranes stand along the dockside. Bow of another vessel in foreground. Jute warehouses in the background and St James' Church in distance to the left. Men standing on dockside and another ascending a gangplank onto the Eros.

Location: Devonshire Dock, Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7381
Sankey Number: 1135

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