Middlesbrough docks
A grainy Instamatic picture, and unfortunately I am unable to read the name of the coastal vessel that’s berthed here. Nor can I recall how I came to take the picture - I recall taking the transporter bridge to cross the River Tees over into County Durham, and did that provide me with this vantage point?
Coastal vessels like this play a lesser role in the modern UK and Northern European shipping scene, with ro-ro operations taking much of the traffic. A line of short-wheelbase railway vans can be seen in the adjacent sidings, another type of transportation that is now extinct.
November 1970
Boots Instamatic camera
Gratispool colour slide film.
Middlesbrough docks
A grainy Instamatic picture, and unfortunately I am unable to read the name of the coastal vessel that’s berthed here. Nor can I recall how I came to take the picture - I recall taking the transporter bridge to cross the River Tees over into County Durham, and did that provide me with this vantage point?
Coastal vessels like this play a lesser role in the modern UK and Northern European shipping scene, with ro-ro operations taking much of the traffic. A line of short-wheelbase railway vans can be seen in the adjacent sidings, another type of transportation that is now extinct.
November 1970
Boots Instamatic camera
Gratispool colour slide film.