Other places · North East England
Furness Shipbuilding Company
In or near Billingham.
Furness Shipbuilding Company in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Middlesbrough · 2.0 km
About
Furness Shipbuilding Company is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Furness Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilding company in Haverton Hill, Stockton on Tees, England. It was established during the First World War and operated from 1917 until 1979. The company was dissolved multiple times since but these were declared void until its final dissolution in 2023.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The yard was initially established as an emergency shipyard to repair ships damaged in the war. It was incorporated as a private company in 1917 and covered an 85-acre site on the north bank of the River Tees at Haverton Hill, opposite Middlesbrough. As completed it included 50 acres reclaimed from tidal land with 2,500 feet of river frontage, with twelve building berths and a fitting-out basin measuring 1,000 feet by 250 feet. It operated as a subsidiary within the Furness, Withy Shipping Company, with the first ship being laid down in March 1918, before the yard had been completed. It initially built ships for the British Government and foreign companies as well as ships for Furness,…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5948, -1.2505
- District
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Parish
- Billingham
- Postcode
- TS23 1PZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stockton North
- Established
- 1917
- Nearest railway station
- Middlesbrough — 2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1475066 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Furness Shipbuilding Company (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Furness Shipbuilding Company?
- Furness Shipbuilding Company is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TS23 1PZ), in the parish of Billingham.
- What is Furness Shipbuilding Company?
- Furness Shipbuilding Company in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Furness Shipbuilding Company?
- The nearest railway station is Middlesbrough, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode TS23 1PZ.
- When was Furness Shipbuilding Company built?
- Built or established in 1917.
- Is Furness Shipbuilding Company a protected site?
- Yes — Furness Shipbuilding Company is part of the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Furness Shipbuilding Company?
- The nearest railway station is Middlesbrough, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TS23 1PZ.