Favourite industrial panorama`s and landscapes of Teesside + "We built the world"

Love the images, reminds me of when I first arrived as a nipper in the early seventies. I loved it when my Dad took me out in the car to see the flares, I thought it was magical although I didnt understand pollution at the time.

Does anyone know where the Custom house was, I remember him taking there a few times, somewhere in the docks, I remember going on the transporter bridge at the same time.

Cheers Guys
 
I remember the marshalling yard at Thornaby with the roundhouse shed at one end, The yard itself was a technological wonder when it was built as it was set up to have the trucks moving around without drivers and the points all being automatic, but by the time it opened the design hump shunting had been phased out and Thornaby then had to be used for containers instead.
 
EnAPhotography.co.uk said:
Lots o my Teesside work here lads and lasses, any feedback greatly appreciated, and all are for sale too.

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Fantastic & beautiful photos

I work on the jetty & at night looking from our jetty across to Teesport with the ships & the reflections across thecriver of the lights, the cranes & at times, the moon, what a beautiful sight, I wish I got into photography as a young star, some amazing sights makes me feel lucky & privalidged to be in my job
 
Erimus74 said:
Fantastic & beautiful photos

I work on the jetty & at night looking from our jetty across to Teesport with the ships & the reflections across thecriver of the lights, the cranes & at times, the moon, what a beautiful sight, I wish I got into photography as a young star, some amazing sights makes me feel lucky & privalidged to be in my job
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Cheers Erimus, much appreciated, sounds like you have a great job, let me know if there is an option to get a fully insured professional photographer on site some time, would love to get some shots in that environment.
 
EnAPhotography.co.uk said:
Cheers Erimus, much appreciated, sounds like you have a great job, let me know if there is an option to get a fully insured professional photographer on site some time, would love to get some shots in that environment.
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I've been there for what seems forever & I still can't get enough of those sights

Certain mornings when the sun is coming up over the river is a fantastic sight, which then reflects the crane rig platform in to the water, amazing
 
Erimus74 said:
I've been there for what seems forever & I still can't get enough of those sights

Certain mornings when the sun is coming up over the river is a fantastic sight, which then reflects the crane rig platform in to the water, amazing
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You at Conoco Phillips Erimus?
 
Boro in Devon said:
Love the images, reminds me of when I first arrived as a nipper in the early seventies. I loved it when my Dad took me out in the car to see the flares, I thought it was magical although I didnt understand pollution at the time.

Does anyone know where the Custom house was, I remember him taking there a few times, somewhere in the docks, I remember going on the transporter bridge at the same time.

Cheers Guys
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Customs House is on North Street and still there . MBC own it and threw boat load of money at it a few years ago .

ps re the flares you probably know but in case you don’t , Ridley Scott says the industrial landscape at night as a nipper inspired him later in life for his opening landscape on Bladerunner
 
A picture from a free film, when steel making on Teesside was going to last forever... [60 years ago]

Rivers of steel still flowed through the famous South Bank Dorman Long works on the River Tees in 1961, when this richly informative industrial film was made. But theres little sign of toiling workers amidst the deafening roar of blast furnaces and machinery at the Lackenby works near Middlesbrough, constructed optimistically after World War Two.

Dorman Long constructed many of the most iconic bridges of the twentieth century including the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the New Tyne Bridge, and Tees Newport Bridge in Middlesbrough. The film (missing some credits) was commissioned from John Byrd Film Productions, which specialised in documentaries for steel and engineering industries from the 1950s to 1980s, several filmed in the searing heat and highly dangerous environment endured by steel workers. The commentary is voiced by Bob Danvers-Walker in the perky, patriotic tone familiar from his broadcasts on Pathe News cinema newsreels during World War Two.

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The glare of molten metal, flames, and furnaces all the visual drama of steel-making is captured in a promotional for Dorman Long on Teesside.
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