…The New Coastguard Station.
The new coastguard station was built in 1980 and closed in 2001 due to advancing technology. BBC News reporting 28th September 2001:
Coastguard responsibilities for the North East pass to Humberside on Friday with the closure of the Tyne Tees station at Tynemouth.
New digital equipment has been installed at a station in Bridlington, which will monitor the waters from Berwick to the Humber estuary.
The closure is the third to take place as part of a national restructuring.
Objectors have said the closure could put lives at risk, but Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) officials said the new equipment will improve communcations.
Tynemouth Station is a familiar site to local people, perched on cliff tops next to the ancient Tynemouth Priory.
I know here in states lot depends on population and the average income of the people in area. Which makes a big different on what technology come in.
Coffee is on
Sadly it is all down to government and economics.
Strange & sad how a building as modern as this has a function of just 21 years.
History is curious…