The Adolphe wreck Stockton breakwall Newcastle harbour

The Adolphe ran aground here at what was then known as the oyster banks during a storm in the late 1800s. A lot of ships came to rest here before they built the breakwall. Before then the entrance to the harbour was one of the riskiest in the world

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Uploaded on July 22, 2009
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