cd West Blyth Coal Staiths early 1980's

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Ernies Northumbrian Railway Archive

25th January 2005

West Blyth Staithes were the last of the traditional coal staiths on the River Blyth and closed a few years after these photos were taken. Nowadays most of the railway infrastructure and even Blyth Power Station have gone with only a single line remaining to the Alcan facility, although recently a track has been laid in to Battleship Wharf and coal is being imported! from eastern Europe

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