Description and History of Site:-
South and North Gare Breakwaters These impressive sea walls were built to prevent the deposition of tidal sand at the shipping entrance to the Tees and by restricting tidal flow through the Tees mouth to a narrow channel to keep silt in suspension. Their construction also allowed ships to seek refuge in the Tees during dangerous storms. Construction of South Gare breakwater which is 4 km long was commenced in 1861 and completed in 1885 by the Tees Conservancy Commission which was formed in 1852. The North Gare waIl is shorter only 1100 m and was built between 1882 and 1891. Both are made of blast furnace slag from iron works along the river. As a result of these and other improvements the depth of water at the bar increased from 3½ft (1.1 m) to 20ft (6.1 m) at low water and 37ft (11.3 m) at high water.
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Key Words :- breakwater pier
Address :- Redcar, North Yorkshire, TS10 5NX
Grid Ref :- NZ 55730 28290
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.646647 , Long -1.137896
Local Authority :- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Dates :- 1861 -
Record Date :- 24 June 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Charles Morris
Grid Ref :- NZ 55730 28290
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.646647 , Long -1.137896
Local Authority :- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Dates :- 1861 -
Record Date :- 24 June 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Charles Morris