Government Approved Walk – Old River Tees

Old River Tees
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In 1810 the Tees Navigation Company, after a battle since the 1790’s with a landowner, opened a cut in the Tees to eliminate a southerly meander of the rivers path.

Old River Tees
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The Mandale Cut was necessary in order to allow greater accessibility to Stockton for the loading of commodities (flour being a key one), and the Tees Navigation Company saw cuts both at Mandale and Portrack as an action to forestall the decline of Stockton as a port.

This section remains tidal and is joined by Stainsby Beck, this section often marked as “The Fleet” on maps (and seen on an earlier post, albeit in the dark).


Where The Fleet Joins
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