Did you know?
In 1808 the Tees Navigation Company was founded through an Act of Parliament. Their first task was to dig a channel, known as the Mandale Cut, to make it easier for ships to navigate up the River Tees to Stockton – which was the main port on the Tees at the time. The River Tees was transformed from a narrow, tortuous waterway to one of the most easily navigable rivers in the UK.