This steam-powered paddleboat would have run the river between Stockton and Middlesbrough, often ferrying workers from the two towns to the various industries either side of the river c1890s.
Picture Stockton Archive
A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
For anyone interested in ships on the Tees could I recommend the internet site – ‘Shipbuilding on the River Tees’? It is a local volunteer, freely accessible site, excellent for finding who built what and when.