Times have changed and it has come to rely on the import of Bauxite for the local Aluminium Smelter.
In 2003 it the quay was restored and coal is now imported from Eastern Europe to the converted Battleship Dock
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| Blyth was once a thriving
coal exporting, fishing port
and, in WW2, a submarine base. Times have changed and it has come to rely on the import of Bauxite for the local Aluminium Smelter. In 2003 it the quay was restored and coal is now imported from Eastern Europe to the converted Battleship Dock |
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| Quayside | Chains | Buoys | Anchors | Lifeboat Stone | Wind farm |
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| Staithes | North Blyth | Wellesley | Relics of WW2 | Power Station | Demolition |
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| Coal dust | Half gone | All gone | Chimneys go | Site empty | Gatehouse |