EAW033958 ENGLAND (1950). The Millfield Scrap Metal Works, Stockton-on-Tees, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

Castle Eden Branch railway line (aka The Cuckoo Line)

Oxbridge Avenue

Bishopton Lane Signal Box

Wellington Street

I remember this turntable well – it survived at least into the mid 1960s although by that time it looked a lot less well cared for. This seemed to be a strange place to put a turntable and I do not recall seeing any evidence of this one being used. The site has now been redeveloped into a car parking area. This turntable is one of three shown on the Godfrey edition of the Stockton (North) OS map dated in 1899; the others are one in the new NER built engine shed (opened in 1891) and one associated with the shed built by the Leeds Northern Railway, located near the junction of Durham Road and Bishopton Lane. The 1859 6 inch OS map of this area only shows the turntable associated with the early engine shed and no others. This leads me to believe that this extra turntable near the Phoenix Sidings footbridge was installed by the North Eastern Railway to provide locomotive turning facilities south of the station during its extensive 1891/2 rebuild.

Lustrum Beck

Ropner Park Lake

Perseverance Boiler Works (Rileys)

Oxbridge Cemetery

Grangefield Road

Grangefield Grammar School (Not Completed)

Stockton Cricket Ground

Victoria Football Ground