A few small scale industries sprung up in the 19th Century, including in 1837 the iron works at Haverton Hill, followed by glass works, a blast furnace in 1857 and further iron foundries. 
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
This picture should be in the ICI Bruna Mond file, it is nearer to Billingham centre than Haverton. I am sure it shows the building of the 100,000 ton Silo which stored Sulphate of Ammonia made in WG2 building and Nitrate of Ammonia made in WG3 building. The left of the picture shows the pipe bridge on the main Ave which was an extension of Chiltons Ave. I have explained in other postings those silo’s were free standing units built by an Italian company as an integral building, they floated on the marshy ground, sinking when full and rising when empty, the only fixed points being the end walls which had a clearance to allow for the rise and fall of the silo. The clear ground at the bottom of the picture would become the packing sheds where the product was fed from the silo to the bag packers then straight onto freight wagons and shipped all round the world. The only part of ICI built actually in Haverton was the Biomass plant it is still running when all else has gone.
Hello, I’m an Italian architect and industrial archaeology researcher/historian. I am currently working on a book, the first one of its kind, explaining in detail the history of the parabolic silo design for industrial purpose (mainly chemical industry and fertilizer sector). Those appeared first in Italy around 1925 and lately spread all over Europe, ICI Billingham included. I am very interested into deepen the relationship between Italy (and, probably, the Montecatini company) and the Billingham ammonia plant in early 30s. Have you got some more informations about that? Specifically concerning parabolic silos.
Many thanks for update Ernie.
I don’t remember the Knaggs family as I was just a baby when we left to live in Bath Lane Stockton, although my older sister Jean might.
With the amount of pollution in the area it’s a wonder anyone survived to move on & tell the tale dont you think!
Ann, I am sorry but I do not know the Hesk/Shuttleworth family. We moved about 1940 to Cowpen Estate (Dickey Bird Island) but we still visited the Knaggs family also of Bilsdale Grove. My sister was born in Rosedale Grove in 1937.
Ernie, I note you lived at Bilsdale Grove do you know of the Hesk/Shuttleworth family who lived there some 18-20 years later (1956-1959) or had you moved on by then?
Built as a “model-village ” for Furness shipyard workers, this thriving community village was destroyed by pollution from the I.C.I Boiler and Sulphuric Acid Plant. The photographer was fortunate to catch a N.E wind, normally Haverton Hill disappeared under a cloud of steam, sulphuric-acid and coke fumes. Travelling down this road either walking or cycling in the 1950-60s your face tingled and your eyes watered and visibilty as in a throat catching fog.
The houses in the bottom left hand corner are on the Cleveland council estate, Haverton Hill. I was born in Bilsdale Grove in 1938.