Part of the
Acorn Archive
Hearts of Oak
Coaling Depot
Ships
Temperley
Coaling Barges
Built by Swan,
Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Photographs by
Tillotson & Son Ltd for The Temperley Transporter Company
A Steam
Coaling Barge – twin funnel, fitted
with four Temperley
Transporters.
A Coaling
Barge newly delivered
A closer view of the intricacies of the light and
ingenious mechanism of the Temperley Transporter.
Source : Swan Hunter Collection
2007 - This collection
is not yet open for public use because it has not been catalogued.
With many thanks to Colin Boyd of Tyne & Wear
Archives
www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk
Raymond
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