Shotley Bridge General Hospital, County Durham
Aerial view of Shotley Bridge Hospital, County Durham. It was originally opened by the Gateshead Union in 1912 as a TB sanatorium (far right of picture), with accommodation for elderly and infirm workhouse inmates added later (upper half of picture). The site later became a mental defectives colony'. During World War Two, Emergency Medical Scheme wards were erected (lower part of picture)
Picture No
10416123
Media ID
47518341
Size
4652px x 2924px
(2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard published by Aero Pictorial
Date
circa 1950
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