Aerial Photograph East Newport
A photograph taken from one of the Norwegian flying boats during World War II. It shows the area between James Street and Robert Street. Showing clearly are the old Royal Buildings and the tenement houses all the way up Robert Street to Union Street. The large block on the south side of Union Street is Union Terrace, similar to Union Place further along the street and just creeping in on the edge of this picture. Union Terrace was demolished in the 1960s and the dentist’s surgery now occupies the site. Also seen here, in the large area between James Street and King Street is Seacraig House, and next to it the small line of Seacraig Cottages. In its heyday Seacraig House would have been a grand residence with 14 rooms and 3 servants to look after them, but it was later converted to flats, and in 1956 the house and the nearby cottages were demolished to make way for the present-day Seacraig Court.
Creator
Einar GarnesDate of creation
1942 - 1945Date of coverage
1942 - 1945Place
East NewportContributor
Gert GarnesCopyright
Gert GarnesLicense
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)Reference number
NOT.1499Format
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