TW429403 William Pile\'s Shipyard, North Sands, c.1830 (oil on canvas) by English School, (19th century); 76.8x112.4 cm; Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear, UK; (add.info.: Small trading sailing ships are shown in various stages of construction at William Pile\'s yard on the north bank of the River Wear, towards the river mouth. This later became one of the best known of the many shipbuilding yards on the Wear. Horses are shown pulling timber ashore for use in the yard. Rafts of timber are being floated down the river. Another shipbuilding yard is visible near the river mouth in the distance. The view shows the river\'s appearance before Sunderland North Dock was built in 1837 near Pile\'s shipyard;); 穢 Sunderland Museums ; English, out of copyright.