EAW001033 ENGLAND (1946). The Crown Engineering Works and the Pallion Shipbuilding Yard alongside the River Wear, Sunderland, 1946

Abandoned railway over Queen Alexandra Bridge to Washington

Steels Engineering works.

Steels Engineering works.

Steels Engineering works.

Pallion Station Low Yard sidings.

Pallion Station Low Yard sidings.

Location of a 2ndWW pillbox is recorded at, or near, this marker.

Clarence Street

Woodbine Terrace

Adamson Street

Napier Street

Ditchburn Terrace

This was the rail link for Shorts and Coles which connected to the main Sunderland to Durham line at Pallion Station. It swept around the factory and down a steep gradient, and under the site access road onto yard level.

Subsequently extended westwards, this was Coles Cranes which in turn ended up as Groves - closed in 1998, and now nearly all demolished while the possible new river crossing is onn the drawing board. Only the offices and one or two of the factories remain (Feb 2014).

Shorts Shipyard along with Crown Engineering became the site of Coles Cranes shortly after this image date.