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Port Clarence, small port with ry. sta., Durham, at N. side of mouth of the Tees, 9 miles S. of Hartlepool by rail and 4 miles NE. of Stockton; P.O., T.O.; is a port for the shipping of coal, and is rapidly becoming a place of importance. Middlesbrough is reached by means of a ferry across the Tees.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "small port with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
Administrative units: | County Durham AncC |
Place: | Port Clarence |
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