Black Diamond Fleets. An account of the main east coast collier fleets of Great Britain, 1850-2000
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- Author(s) Middlemiss, Norman L
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2000
- Pages 160pp; illus
- Publisher Shield Publications
- Place Published Newcastle upon Tyne
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- Name Guildhall Library
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- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode EC2P 2EJ
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Deals with fleets of collier shipping companies carrying coal from North East England largely to London and South East England but also European Continent and Mediterranean. Arranged by business with entries largely comprising fleet lists with short introductory profiles. The business are; William Cory & Co Ltd [pp14-30]; Stephenson, Clarke Ltd [pp31-50]; France, Fenwick & Co Ltd [pp99-106]; Earl of Durham and Tanfield Steamship Co Ltd [pp65-72]; Pelton Steamship CoLtd [pp99-106]; Tyneside Line Ltd [pp107-11]; Witherington & Everett [pp112-20]; Sharp Steamship Co Ltd [pp121-26]; Newbigin Steam Shipping Co Ltd [pp127-31]; Marquis of Londonderry [pp132-6]; Connell & Grace [pp137-40]; Burnett Steamship Co Ltd [pp141-6]; Hudson Steamship Co Ltd [pp147-52]; A F Henry & McGregor - Salvesen [pp153-6]; nationalised electricity colliers [British Electricity Authority], [pp90-8]; nationalised gas colliers [North Thames Gas Board, South Eastern Gas Board] [pp82-9]