the township of Stockton, and passing from thence through this township, was to cross the River Tees by a bridge to Carr House Field, in the township of Thomably, in the North Riding of the county of York, and from thence by Stainsby, Stainton, Acklam, Newport, Middlesburgh, Leventhorpe and Ormesby, to terminate in a close adjoining the River Tees, in the township of Leventhorpe or Middlesburgh; and the act directs that one of the arches of the bridge to be erected across the Tees shall be 72 feet wide at the least, and the under keystone of such arch shall not be less than 19 feet in height from the surface of low-water-mark.
An estimate of the expense of this branch was made in January, 1828, by Mr. Thomas Storey, to the following effect
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Main Line from the Stockton and Darlington original Line, where it crosses Bowesfield Lane to near Middlesburgh on the River Tees, four miles and nine chains, with an inclined plane near the end, of thirteen chains, together with a suspension bridge across the Tees, 240 feet within the piers | 35,786 | 3 | 10 |
| Branch from ditto to Cleveland Port, one mile, six furlongs and seven chains, with an inclined plane of fifteen chains at the termination | _11,819 | _9 | _8 |
| £47,605 | 13 | 6 |
The underside of the above-named suspension bridge will be 30 feet above low water, and its width 20 feet; and a dock is to be constructed at the ends of the railway 390 feet by 168 feet, into which vessels from the river will have access by a lock 32 feet wide; thereby affording most ample means of putting the coal and other articles on board. In addition to this accommodation, a quay will be formed alongside the river, 600 feet long. The difference between high and low water is 13 feet at Cleveland Port. The act empowers the company to raise an additional sum of £100,000 by any of the means authorized by their former acts, except promissory notes, or they may borrow it on bonds under the common seal of the company; and may take the following rates.
