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North Shields| Industrial town and fishing port in Tyne and Wear, northeast England, 7 mi/11 km east of Newcastle upon Tyne; it is part of the Tyneside urban area, on the north bank of the River Tyne; population (2001) 55,200. Industries include engineering, ship maintenance, printing and publishing, and seafood processing. North Shields was the ‘birthplace’ of the steam trawler. |
| The wet docks at North Shields were built in the late 19th century. These have been replaced by oil-storage facilities and by roll-on roll-off berths for ferries to Denmark and Norway. There are ship-repair yards and a fish quay. |
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