Middlesbrough Dock Clocktower

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"...The burgeoning coal trade and the increasing size of ships meant that Middlesbrough Dock underwent three remodelling and enlargement schemes during its first sixty years. The first (1869-74) entailed the demolition of the dock offices, the latter being replaced by a gothic two-storey building by William Peachey, the NER Darlington Section architect. The second (1878-86) left these buildings unscathed. The third (1897-1902) involved quite drastic changes, including a resiting of the dock entrance further east. A new clocktower and offices were therefore required..."
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Link: http://www.railwayarchitecture.org.uk/Location/Middlesbrough/Middlesbrough%20Dock%20Clocktower.htm
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