Gateshead, Robson and Gray/Gaddy and Lamb Shipbuilding Yard

A yard is shown on Wood’s Plan of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead (1827) with the annotation ‘Robson and Gray’. In the mid-19th century the yard was run by the partners Gaddy and Lamb, but it was a small company and did not survive the general conversion of the river to iron ship construction during the 1860s and 1870s. However, map evidence shows that the yard remained in use over the rest of the 19th century until well into the 20th century. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey polan of the area the yard contains two slipways which run almost parallel with the course of the river and launch downstream. There is a saw pit at the north western edge of the yard, but few buildings are apparent.