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The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a moving 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road.
Following a 1907 Act of Parliament the Bridge was built at a cost of £68,026 6s 8d (equivalent to £6,490,000 in 2015 values), by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow & Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington between 1910 and 1911. A transporter bridge was chosen because Parliament ruled that the new scheme of crossing the river had to avoid affecting the river navigation. The opening ceremony was performed by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 17 October 1911 and was Grade II listed in 1985
The Bridge has an overall length (including cantilevers) of 851 feet leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 590 feet the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet above the road. The bridge is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world. The bridge is currently owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council has control of the day-to-day operations and maintenance. In 2011 the Tees Transporter Bridge received a £2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund award for improvement and renovation work to mark the Bridge's centenary.
Opened in 1912, Middlesbrough public library contains a beautiful reference room with arched ceiling which is still furnished with its original, bespoke furniture and fittings.
Visited by members of the Libraries Taskforce team.
Photo credit: Julia Chandler/Libraries Taskforce
Taken: 15th May 2015 Middlesbrough Council new Sports Village launch on the 15th May, VIP guests and 100's of school kids from local schools attended . Photo Byline: Dave Charnley Photography Mobile: 07753 559235
Taken: 15th May 2015 Middlesbrough Council new Sports Village launch on the 15th May, VIP guests and 100's of school kids from local schools attended . Photo Byline: Dave Charnley Photography Mobile: 07753 559235
Taken: 15th May 2015 Middlesbrough Council new Sports Village launch on the 15th May, VIP guests and 100's of school kids from local schools attended . Photo Byline: Dave Charnley Photography Mobile: 07753 559235
Taken: 15th May 2015 Middlesbrough Council new Sports Village launch on the 15th May, VIP guests and 100's of school kids from local schools attended . Photo Byline: Dave Charnley Photography Mobile: 07753 559235
Taken: 15th May 2015 Middlesbrough Council new Sports Village launch on the 15th May, VIP guests and 100's of school kids from local schools attended . Photo Byline: Dave Charnley Photography Mobile: 07753 559235
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a moving 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road.
Following a 1907 Act of Parliament the Bridge was built at a cost of £68,026 6s 8d (equivalent to £6,490,000 in 2015 values), by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow & Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington between 1910 and 1911. A transporter bridge was chosen because Parliament ruled that the new scheme of crossing the river had to avoid affecting the river navigation. The opening ceremony was performed by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 17 October 1911 and was Grade II listed in 1985
The Bridge has an overall length (including cantilevers) of 851 feet leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 590 feet the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet above the road. The bridge is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world. The bridge is currently owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council has control of the day-to-day operations and maintenance. In 2011 the Tees Transporter Bridge received a £2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund award for improvement and renovation work to mark the Bridge's centenary.
The Railway Station
Although the first railway was built in the area as long ago as 1830 as an extension of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and extended eastwards to Redcar in 1846, the current station dates from the later time of 1877. The site was previously home to the original 1847 station, demolished to make way for its successor.
The current station was designed by the North Eastern Railway's chief architect, William Peachey, with an ornate Gothic style frontage. Behind this an overall roof of elliptical design once existed. Constructed out of wrought iron of lattice design, with glass covering the middle half and timber (inside)/slate (outside) covering the outer quarters. The two end screens were glazed with timber cladding around the outer edges. The roof was high in relation to its width. This was destroyed by German bombs on 3 August 1942.
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a moving 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road.
Following a 1907 Act of Parliament the Bridge was built at a cost of £68,026 6s 8d (equivalent to £6,490,000 in 2015 values), by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow & Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington between 1910 and 1911. A transporter bridge was chosen because Parliament ruled that the new scheme of crossing the river had to avoid affecting the river navigation. The opening ceremony was performed by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 17 October 1911 and was Grade II listed in 1985
The Bridge has an overall length (including cantilevers) of 851 feet leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 590 feet the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet above the road. The bridge is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world. The bridge is currently owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council has control of the day-to-day operations and maintenance. In 2011 the Tees Transporter Bridge received a £2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund award for improvement and renovation work to mark the Bridge's centenary.
c1976. Middlesbrough Law Courts were quite new when this United Automobile Services Bristol LH/ECW, WHN 600M was passing.
The Tuxedo Royale sinking at its mooring in Middlebrough.
I have happy memories of the Tuxedo Royale as a night club in Newcastle - complete with rotating dance floor
Originally built as TSS Dover by Swan Hunter in Wallsend in 1965 as a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry, she spent much of her later life as one of the permanently moored Tuxedo floating nightclubs before being laid up, latterly on the River Tees in Middlesbrough. She was launched on 17 March 1965 and completed by June 1965. In 1977 she was renamed Earl Siward, and again in 1982 as the Sol Express. In 1993 she became the nightclub the Tuxedo Royale
St Columba's Anglican and Greek Orthodox Church
Fr Raymond Hooper served as Vicar of the Parish from 1940 until his untimely death in 1974 after he had suffered severe head injuries during an attack which took place in the Vicarage. At this time, Fr Hooper had been very fearful for the future and viability of the Parish as many of the old houses were being cleared and people were having to move out of the town to the new estates. From 1974 until 1979, St Columba`s was looked after by the clergy at All Saints` Church.
Then in 1979, Fr Ted Appleyard was appointed Priest in Charge and Chaplain to St Luke`s Hospital. In 1980, the old Church Hall adjacent to St Columba`s was demolished to make way for the route of the A66. As a result, St Columba`s received compensation payments from the local authority to create community facilities – kitchen, hall, toilets within the church building itself. This cut down the worship space considerably and the Font had to be moved from the west door to the north side. There is still space for 150 and so it has a more intimate feel!
Fr Roger Guiver followed in 1985 – again as Priest in Charge, but Chaplain to Middlesbrough General Hospital. In 1994. Fr Stephen Cooper succeeded Fr Guiver –combining the same two posts – until the closure of Middlesbrough General in 2003, and then his part-time chaplaincy post was moved to The James Cook University Hospital.
In 1999, the chapel area behind the High Altar at St Columba`s was dedicated as a worship space for the local Greek Orthodox Community of The Annunciation by Archbishop Gregorios. A Sharing Agreement between Anglicans and Orthodox now exists for shared use of the church building.
In 2002, the Centenary of the Church was celebrated with a visit from the then Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope. The Archbishop dedicated a new westward-facing altar as part of these celebrations.
In 2005, Fr Cooper – in relinquishing his hospital chaplaincy – also became Priest in Charge ofSt Johnthe Evangelist. On 1st January 2009, Fr Cooper became Vicar after it was agreed that the two posts be held together in Plurality.
A pleasure to visit Middlesbrough and spead Labour's message of real change for the many, not the few. (11th December, 2019)
Nine years of Tory governments have devastated our NHS, schools, public services and communities.
It’s time for a government that works for the many, not the few. Vote Labour on December 12th.
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a moving 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road.
Following a 1907 Act of Parliament the Bridge was built at a cost of £68,026 6s 8d (equivalent to £6,490,000 in 2015 values), by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow & Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington between 1910 and 1911. A transporter bridge was chosen because Parliament ruled that the new scheme of crossing the river had to avoid affecting the river navigation. The opening ceremony was performed by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 17 October 1911 and was Grade II listed in 1985
The Bridge has an overall length (including cantilevers) of 851 feet leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 590 feet the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet above the road. The bridge is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world. The bridge is currently owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council has control of the day-to-day operations and maintenance. In 2011 the Tees Transporter Bridge received a £2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund award for improvement and renovation work to mark the Bridge's centenary.
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a moving 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road.
Following a 1907 Act of Parliament the Bridge was built at a cost of £68,026 6s 8d (equivalent to £6,490,000 in 2015 values), by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow & Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington between 1910 and 1911. A transporter bridge was chosen because Parliament ruled that the new scheme of crossing the river had to avoid affecting the river navigation. The opening ceremony was performed by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 17 October 1911 and was Grade II listed in 1985
The Bridge has an overall length (including cantilevers) of 851 feet leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 590 feet the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet above the road. The bridge is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world. The bridge is currently owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council has control of the day-to-day operations and maintenance. In 2011 the Tees Transporter Bridge received a £2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund award for improvement and renovation work to mark the Bridge's centenary.
The Smile Mile took place at the Sports Village on Thursday evening.
29/10/15 Pic Doug Moody Photography.
Empire Theatre
Like Tunbridge Wells Opera House, this was a bingo house at the time of the first Curtains survey (1982), and after a period of closure became a nightclub. Like the Tunbridge Wells theatre it is an excellent 'Sleeping Beauty' which could by now have returned to theatre life, but is serving in a different role. The first Curtains assessment said that it was 'likely that the day (would) soon come when the Empire, with its fine auditorium .. will be better able to stage touring opera, ballet and drama, which cannot visit Teesside at present because of the limited size of the (nearby) Billingham Forum'. Fortunately the conversion works for bingo did little harm to theatre potential and much of the tawdry bingo overlays have been removed and more appropriate decoration restored. Indeed the present owner has worked hard on the restoration of the building so regret must, in this case, be tinged with relief. Architecturally, the two theatres are quite different, but the Empire, faced in terra cotta, makes a significant contribution to the townscape of central Middlesborough, as does the Opera House in Tunbridge Wells. Built on an open island site alongside the splendid Town Hall (whose impressive great hall houses many concerts and theatrical events it is ill-designed for), the Empire originally had square towers on the four corners, each surmounted by a crested parapet and octagonal dome. Between the towers, in the upper storeys of the front and the two side elevations, are a series of closely-set arched windows divided by slender columns. The style was described in the opening souvenir brochure as being 'Spanish Renaissance'. The stage was bombed during the Second World War and the rebuilding omitted two flanking towers. It has a fine and intimate auditorium with two curved balconies of six rows each terminating in superimposed stage boxes, each framed within an arch and flanked by colonnettes with enriched shafts. Rectangular proscenium and circular ceiling incorporating six circular panels. The plasterwork on the balcony fronts, proscenium, etc is in a rich and delicate Renaissance style. The Empire is important as being the best of only three surviving theatres designed by Edward Runtz - the others being the New Theatre in Cardiff, and the Hippodrome in Hastings (where only the exterior now survives). Following substantial restoration inside and out, it is working successfully as a music venue, with lots of live performance making use of the stage facilities.
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A pleasure to visit Middlesbrough and spead Labour's message of real change for the many, not the few. (11th December, 2019)
Nine years of Tory governments have devastated our NHS, schools, public services and communities.
It’s time for a government that works for the many, not the few. Vote Labour on December 12th.
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a moving 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road.
Following a 1907 Act of Parliament the Bridge was built at a cost of £68,026 6s 8d (equivalent to £6,490,000 in 2015 values), by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow & Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington between 1910 and 1911. A transporter bridge was chosen because Parliament ruled that the new scheme of crossing the river had to avoid affecting the river navigation. The opening ceremony was performed by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 17 October 1911 and was Grade II listed in 1985
The Bridge has an overall length (including cantilevers) of 851 feet leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 590 feet the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet above the road. The bridge is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world. The bridge is currently owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council has control of the day-to-day operations and maintenance. In 2011 the Tees Transporter Bridge received a £2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund award for improvement and renovation work to mark the Bridge's centenary.
The Tees Pride Middlesbrough 10K road race and 3K fun run was held on Sunbday 3rd September 2017 starting on Hall Drive at Acklam Hall.
3/9/17 Pic Doug Moody Photography
All Saints
All Saints, Middlesbrough, was a Church of England parish which arose from the late 19th century expansion of this northern industrial boom town. It embraced some of Middlesbrough’s grimmest slums but also much of its commercial heartland. The first vicar, Father Alberic Bertie commissioned the church building a characteristically Gothic Revival design by the great G. E. Street. Bertie stood firmly in the doctrinal tradition of the Oxford Movement but only some time after John Burn became vicar in 1884 was full Anglo-Catholic sacramental practice introduced. The region’s most celebrated Anglican priest, Father Burn became controversial both for his ritualis and All Saints’ campaigns against poverty and injustice. Tensions between the church and the Diocese of York over ritual practices outlasted Father Burns’ death and ended only in 1936 by an angreement in which All Saints’ conceded very little. The changing character of Middlesbrough with population moving from the town centre meant that from about the end of the 1920′s, the number of worshippers at All Saints’ was in decline. Indeed, in 1964 a diocesan commission called for closure of half the town centre parishes including All Saints, however, a vigourous campaign by the vicar, Father Roger Sharpley and members of his congregation saved the church. The petition they organised attracted 17,000 signatures, an indication that in the swinging 60′s the public at large still regarded All Saints’ as a vital part of Middlesbrough life. In the years since, All Saints has maintained its catholic tradition and absorbed the neighbouring parishes, and worshippers at St. Hilda and St. Aidan. Nobody pretends that the church does not face all the problems of inner-city ministry in the opening years of the 21st century, but it has plenty of zest for continuing the fight.
Written by Barry Jewit