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12/03/1791:
| Advert for the sale of Fairles' Quays, which Nicholas Fairles inherited from his grandmother.
For Sale: Two Quays together or separate, on the edge of the River Tyne, where there is room for making a Dry Dock and building or repairing ships. |
| 1798: | The "Blackburne Plan" shows a single dock labelled Mr Fairles' Dock |
| 24/10/1801: | A newspaper report refers to Mr Fairles' New Dock ie the double dock |
| 1807: | He was assessed for rates on a Dock, Ballast Quay, Shipyard, Brewery, Maltings and Salt Pans |
| 1812: | Nicholas Fairles declared bankrupt |
| 1827: | A plan of South Shields shows a double dock as Fairles Dock |
| 1853: | Ordnance Map surveyed in 1853 shows docks have become a pond. Shown HERE |
13/05/1954:
| Excavations for a new dock at Brigham & Cowan "revealed a double dock head, as if ships had been docked alongside each other....
but with only one entrance; and it seems that a vessel could be floated in and sideslipped on to one set of blocks, leaving room for a second ship to follow." |
| | Details courtesy of Amy C Flagg |
