UK: INDUSTRY : Launch of Singapore dock Gate at Wallsend, Tyneside (1927)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Launch of Singapore dock gate at Wallsend, Tyneside .Swan Hunter built the gates and? Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION - DOCK LEAVES - One section of 60,000 - ton floating dock to be towed 18, 5000 miles to Singapore , launched at Wallsend. ENGLAND: Northumberland: Wallsend : Swan , Hunter & Wigham ,Richardson shipyard Launch of vessel carrying Singapore dock gate into the river Tyne , tugs pulling platfrom with dock gate Background: Launch of Singapore dock gate at Wallsend, Tyneside .Swan Hunter built the gates and a Dutch firm, Smit, shipped them on vessels from Holland to Singapore in June 1928. FILM ID: VLVA13DUZY9QZJ2IAE86QAF6Q4AAI To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé