About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 116. Not illustrated. Chapters: Fishing Communities, Logging Communities, Mining Communities, Whaling Stations, Arapawa Island, Economy of the Falkland Islands, Durbin, West Virginia, Ronceverte, West Virginia, North Shields, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Smeerenburg, Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, El Salvador, Chile, Moeraki, Chacachacare, Whale Island, New Zealand, Betty's Bay, Cass, West Virginia, Kivitoo, Nunavut, Community Supported Fishery, Tangalooma, Queensland, Blacklead Island, Hvalfjorour, Wairoa, Gaspar Grande, Adventure Bay, Tasmania, Imbituba, Funningsfjorour, Jhabel, Norodepil, Blubber Bay, British Columbia, Ste. Anne Island, Deadman's Island, Bolscheoya, Mjoifjorour, Selvik, Laegerneset, Beatty Anchorage, British Columbia, Resources Camp, Mining Town. Excerpt: North Shields is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England. It is located eight miles (13 km) east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It has a population of 39,042. Its name derives from Middle English schele meaning 'temporary sheds or huts (used by fishermen)', and still today, the area is synonymous with fishing and other trades associated with seafaring. Collieries in the town were located at three of the outlying villages now incorporated within the town, namely, Preston colliery, which was located where the present cemetery gates are, at Percy Main and New York. Following the demise of fishing, coal-mining and ship-building in the area, several business parks, industrial estates and trading estates were established providing alternative employment. The biggest and most notable of these are The Silverlink and Cobalt. Atmel (previously Siemens) had a plant located at the former which is now a call centre, as is the latter which houses an Orange and Procter & Gamble call centres . The tow..
