Photocopies and photographs
Reference: D/Ph 459 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Bowden Close reservoir
Covering Dates: 1890s-1900s
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Bowden Close reservoir (Ref: D/Ph 459)
Photographs relating to Charles Plummer, mining and locomotove maintenance engineer. Born in 1875 Hetton-le-Hole, died in 1949 in Norton-on-Tees.
Ref: D/Ph 459/1Group photograph of workers in front of a building. Third from left, seated is Charles Plummer, n.d. [1890s]
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 19 cm, sepia)
Ref: D/Ph 459/2Group photograph of workers in front of a building. First from left, standing is Charles Plummer, n.d. [1900s]
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 19 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/Ph 459/3Photograph of workers standing next to a locomotive with wagons filled with rubble during the construction of Bowden Close Reservoir, n.d. [1900s]
J. G. Thompson, contractor, South Shields
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 19 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/Ph 459/4Photograph of workers standing next to electric post by Bowden Close Reservoir under construction with a locomotive and wagons in the background, n.d. [1900s]
J. G. Thompson, contractor, South Shields
J. Morgan, engineer
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 19 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/Ph 459/5Photograph of a general view of the construction site of Bowden Reservoir with cranes, locomotive pulling wagons and workers scattered around, n.d. [19000s]
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 19 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/Ph 459/6Photograph of a colliery loading area with railway sidings and wagons filled with [coke?]. Writing on the shed door reads: "Esh 3, Stanley 4. Good old Esh", n.d. [1900s]
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 19 cm, black and white)
