These photographs showing the site of Teesdale Business Park before construction, were taken from atop the Castlegate Centre car park. c1987.
Photographs and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
Teesdale Business Park before construction c1987
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Category Archives: River, Bridges, Ships and Boats
A view of the Tees from Victoria Bridge, 1984
A general view of the River Tees and its banks from Victoria Bridge, Stockton. On the Thornaby bank the site occupied by the Cleveland Flour Mills and North of England Pure Oil Cake Co., premises can be seen. c1984.
The Lindvang, Corporation Quay, Stockton c1966
The Lindvang was (in 1966) a Norwegian registered ship that was built at Alameda, USA in 1943 and originally named the ‘Benjamin Tay’. It must have been spectacular seeing ships of this size at Stockton.
Photograph and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
The ‘Stella Mary’ at Corporation Quay, Stockton 1957
Stella Mary (originally named Fenix) was a cargo vessel built in Sweden 1949, she registered at Stockton and was renamed Stella Mary in 1954. Stockton was her home port until 1959.
Photograph and details courtesy of FW Eddington.
Old Quayside
Buildings along the old Stockton quayside.
Image and details courtesy of John Simpson.
Victoria Bridge and the Endeavour
Looking towards the Victoria Bridge and the replica HM Bark Endeavour berthed on the River Tees, Stockton c2004. The usage of the river has changed so much over the decades. Here it is looking very leisurely.
Port Clarence branch line railway bridges
These two bridges carry what was originally the Clarence Railway across the Port Clarence Road and the Haverton Hill Road respectively.
Photographs and details courtesy of Martin Dunnill.
HMS Kellington
Work has begun on dismantling the hull of HMS Kellington.
Photographs and details courtesy of Terry Westwood.
Stockton Quayside
One of the postcards uses the word wharf instead of either docks or quayside, was the wharf a different section of the port? Corporation Quay was at the bottom of Finkle Street, could The Wharf be at the end of Wharf Street?
I have sailed into many ports and harbours throughout the world and there are often different sections that have different facilities depending on the type of cargo, I wonder if Stockton had a similar system.
Images and details courtesy of Anon.
Stockton Quayside, River Tees
Boat mounted shell and auger boring machine taking samples for the design of the piling works along the riverside at the bottom of Finkle Street, Summer c1968 or thereabouts.
Photograph and details courtesy of John Emmerson.
Piling Work, Stockton Quayside
Crane putting piles in place on the banks of the River Tees as part of the Riverside Road construction c1969.
Tees Barrage
Photographs showing maintenance work being carried out on one of the gates at the Tees Barrage. July 2021.
Photographs and details courtesy of Tony Cooney.
The Vestfold, 1931
The Vestfold was built at Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd in Haverton Hill. The keel was laid on 23 July 1930 and the ship was launched on 16 April 1931.
In 1943 when on route from New York for The Clyde carrying a cargo of 17,386 tons of fuel oil and 3 landing craft as deck cargo she was torpedoed by U-268 and sunk. 19 members of the ship’s complement lost their lives. There were 56 survivors.
Load Out and Pad Area, Haverton Hill
A view of the load out and pad area at the Furness Shipyards, Haverton Hill.
Photograph courtesy of Derek Lofthouse.
“Tyne Bridge” passing beneath Middlesbrough Transporter
These two photographs were taken on Friday 24th March 1972. “Tyne Bridge” was a 167,000 tons ore-bulk-oil (OBO) carrier, built at Swan Hunter’s Haverton Hill Shipyard (formerly Furness Shipbuilding). It was heading out for sea trials, guided by 6 tugs. The visible tugs are (left to right) Ayton Cross, Ormesby Cross, and Leven Cross. The top 12 feet of the ship’s mast was hinged to obtain clearance under the transporter. I took the photographs from British Rail’s wagon repair depot, in the one-time Port Clarence goods station.
Photographs and details courtesy of Brian Johnson.
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