shipment of coal from the Tees. They wisely saw the potential for
this large marshy area located close to the mouth of the Tees and not far
from Stockton. By the early 1830s the town of Middlesbrough was born. The town was further strengthened bythe achievement of the Stockton to Middlesbrough railway line known locally
as the border. in the 1840, the port was flourishing as a major coal exporter, and the
population had grown to 5,000.
