Tees Navigation Company

Tees Navigation Company Act 1808
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for making a navigable Cut from the East Side of the River Tees near Stockton into the said River near Portrack, in the County of Durham; and making various other Improvements in the Navigation of the said River between the Town of Stockton and the Sea.
Citation48 Geo. 3. c. xlviii
Dates
Royal assent27 May 1808
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Tees Navigation Company was a British Company chartered by an act of Parliament, the Tees Navigation Company Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. xlviii), for the purpose of improving navigation of the River Tees between the towns of Stockton-on-Tees[1] and Middlesbrough.[2][3]

  1. ^ The town of Stockton-on-Tees is located at 54.57°N latitude & 1.32°W longitude.
  2. ^ The town of Middlesbrough is located at 54.574°N latitude and 1.233°W longitude.
  3. ^ John Brewster, The parochial history and antiquities of Stockton upon Tees J Richardson, 1829