Dunston is particularly known for wooden coal staiths, first opened in 1893 as a structure for loading coal from the North Durham coalfield onto ships.[1] In the 1920s, 140,000 tons of coal per week were loaded from the staiths,[2] and they continued to be used until the 1970s. They were also a shipping point for coke produced at the nearby Norwood Coke Works, as well as pencil pitch manufactured at the Thomas Ness Tar Works using by-products from the Norwood plant and the Redheugh Gasworks. Throughout their working life, motive power for shunting wagons on the staiths and in their extensive sidings known as the Norwood Coal Yard came in the form of locomotives from Gateshead MPD. The staiths' output gradually declined with the contraction of the coal industry, and they were finally closed and partially dismantled in 1980. Now redundant, the railway lines leading to the staiths were lifted, finally allowing the demolition of several low bridges that had become a nuisance to bus operators by limiting the routes available to double-deckers in the area. For many years, the men who worked on the staiths, known as teemers (the men who released the coal from the wagons and operated the loading chutes and conveyors) and trimmers (who had the dangerous job of ensuring the stability of the colliers by levelling the load in their holds as they were filled), had their own room in the nearby Dunston Excelsior Club. For anyone not employed in the club or on the staiths, access to the room was strictly by invite only, and the staithesmen held a reputation for unceremoniously ejecting anyone who fell foul of this rule.
Dunston is particularly known for wooden coal staiths, first opened in 1893 as a structure for loading coal from the North Durham coalfield onto ships...
staiths specifically for loading coal onto ships and these would adopt the staith spelling as a distinction from simple wharves: for example, Dunston...
Gateshead. The MetroCentre, the largest shopping centre in Europe, is in Dunston. Scottish & Newcastle was the largest UK-owned brewery until it was bought...
programme of actions. Their large scale film installation 'DS30' utilised DunstonStaiths, an industrial landmark on the River Tyne in Gateshead and was commissioned...
Railway freight route to Redheugh and Dunston Coal Staiths, dating back to 1837. The station was originally known as Dunston-on-Tyne, and served as the terminus...
centre, Sage Gateshead and the Millennium Bridge". "The Life of the DunstonStaiths" (PDF). George Wimpey. 1 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF)...
Another large mill was owned by the CWS and was located just upstream of DunstonStaiths. The opening of Baltic as a designated centre for contemporary art...
event since the group disbanded in 1997. This event took place at DunstonStaiths. Viewed from boats on the River Tyne over three nights, the event marked...
original Newcastle and Carlisle Railway freight route to Redheugh and Dunston Coal Staiths, dating back to 1837. Between January and February 2020, the platforms...
site occupies land adjacent to the DunstonStaiths on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead. The Staiths is a large, multi-level timber structure...
its southern end and the iconic DunstonStaiths at the northern terminus. The distinction between Lobley Hill and Dunston, Tyne and Wear that the waggonway...
to St Anthony's Colliery at Byker. They were also accused of building staiths simply to deny the chance of others doing so on the waterfront. The period...
reliably and cheaply from the inland collieries of County Durham to the staiths on the River Tyne at Redheugh. From there the coal was transported in keels...
The coal was then screened and washed, and taken either to Derwenthaugh Staiths at the confluence of the Derwent and the Tyne, or was used at Derwenthaugh...
Derwenthaugh Park now sits on the site of the coke works Derwenthaugh Staith with storage tanks, around 1987 Newcastle to Carlisle railway with line...
Waggonway of 1725 that was built to bring coal from Tanfield to staiths on the River Tyne at Dunston. The Brandling Junction Railway itself opened in stages from...
From here the hoppered waggons were moved along a high timber and steel staith from which they could discharge the coal directly into bunkers above the...
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