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Blyth, Harbour Dredger (c. 1920)

 

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Blyth, Harbour Dredger - Click for bigger imageThe Steam bucket dredger "Cowpen" c.1920. It arrived in Blyth in 1913 and during its 51 years it is estimated that it cleared 15 million tons of spoil. The "Cowpen" left Blyth in 1964 for Naples, having been sold to Italian owners.

 

Northumberland Archives Service holds over 120,000 photographic images relating to the history of the county of Northumberland. The quality of the photographs mounted on this website has been reduced. High quality photographic or digital copies of these, and of other photographs from our collections, are available by contacting the Archives Service.