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Tees Navigation Company
The Tees Navigation Company was a British Company chartered by an Act of Parliament in 1808, for the purpose of improving navigation of the River Tees between the towns of Stockton-on-Tees〔The town of Stockton-on-Tees is located at 54.57°N latitude & 1.32°W longitude.〕 and Middlesbrough.〔The town of Middlesbrough is located at 54.574°N latitude and 1.233°W longitude.〕〔John Brewster, ''The parochial history and antiquities of Stockton upon Tees'' J Richardson, 1829〕
==Background==
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the River Tees had several large meanders between the two towns, especially a large meander beginning at the current location of the Tees Barrage, which looped south for 2.5 miles (4 km) and returned to a point a mere 220 yards (200 m) from the beginning of the meander, near a location known as the Mandale. From there it meandered north and then back south, joining the current channel at a point about 1350 yds (1.2 km) from the Mandale in a roughly west-northwest direction.
These two meanders, along with the tidal nature of the river and the presence of shifting sandbars, made navigation difficult. The journey from Stockton to Middlesbrough could take as long as the journey from Middlesbrough to London. Stockton's flour industry required good river navigation to compete with other ports. Removing the meanders was seen as a means of preventing the town's decline as a port.
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