This photo of the quayside was taken by my father-in-law, John B. Haworth who was the Town Clerk in the 1950s (you can see him in a photo of Stockton Town Council 1953 on this site).
The Quay Manager at the time was Mr F.P. Scott, the father of Sir Ridley Scott, who was knighted for services to the UK film industry (Alien, Blade Runner, etc.) and Tony Scott who sadly died in Los Angeles in 2012.
Photograph and details courtesy of Ian Black.
Near my home in Meadowbank, New South Wales, there’s a magnificent old iron bridge that I often ride over on my bike and paddle under in my kayak. Originally a railway bridge, it was prefabricated in England and shipped here in 1886. Each pylon is inscribed with “Stockton Forge Company Makers, Stockton-on-Tees”.
Although the bridge no longer carries the railway it is a much loved pedestrian and cycle path across the Parramatta River and stands strong despite nearly 140 years in salt water.
I often think of the tremendous skill and hard work it took to make something like this, often for meagre wages and in harsh and dangerous conditions, and the sad loss of decline of heavy manufacturing in both Australia and the UK.
I think we should be very proud of this heritage, and you may want to let the people in your community know about it!
Photographs and details courtesy of Ian Elliott, Australia.
‘Yarm – originally the Port of the Tees, and Viaduct which carries the main line south across the Valley of Tees and over the town of Yarm’.
Taken from the Commercial Travellers Association Souvenir Book, Stockton-on-Tees, 1898.
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.
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 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.
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.
Buildings along the old Stockton quayside.
Image and details courtesy of John Simpson.
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.
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.
Work has begun on dismantling the hull of HMS Kellington.
Photographs and details courtesy of Terry Westwood.
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.
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.
Crane putting piles in place on the banks of the River Tees as part of the Riverside Road construction c1969.
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.
