TW426812 Opening of Tyne Dock, 3rd March 1859 (oil on canvas) by Scott, John (1802-85) (after); 60x91 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: Copy of a painting by John Scott by an unknown artist; The Tyne Dock opened in 1859 at Jarrow Slake, on the River Tyne; Built by the North Eastern Railway Company, mainly to handle coal, and could take 500 ships; A three-masted barque is picture loading at the Staith alongside coal keels (barges); The central white boat is a lifeboat, and a small pilot boat is on the right at the front of the picture; The South Shields pilots guided the big ships into port;); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; British, out of copyright.