Research Reports

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RESEARCH REPORT No 1
ISBN 0 905728 00 9
Steelmaking before Bessemer – The importance of the North East of England.
K. C. Barraclough
31 pages


RESEARCH REPORT No 2 (1979)
Past lead industry in Swaledale and Teesdale.
A E Shayler, J K Almond and H L Beadle
53 pages


RESEARCH REPORT No 3 (1980)
Mining and smelting in Teesdale.
H L Beadle
40 pages plus 18 plates



RESEARCH REPORT No 4 (1985)
ISBN 0 905728 01 7
Staithes & Port Mulgrave Ironstone.
J S Owen
42 pages


RESEARCH REPORT No 5 (1988)
ISBN 0 905728 02 5
The Ironworks at Runswick.
J S Owen
29 pages


RESEARCH REPORT No 6 (1992)
ISBN 0-905728-03-3
Traces of the Industrial Past in Cleveland (A selected list of important sites).
18 pages


RESEARCH REPORT No 7 (2000)
ISBN 0-905728-04-01
Bridges over the Tees.
C H Morris
60 pages plus 8 plates


RESEARCH REPORT No 8 (2001)
ISBN 0-905728-05-X
Houses for steam driven blowing engines in north-east England.
J K Harrison
49 pages incl. 9 plates


RESEARCH REPORT No 9 (2010)
ISBN 978 0 905728 06 8
Boulby Alum. The Works Diary of George Dodds 1772 – 1788.
Kevin Quinn
76 pages


RESEARCH REPORT No 10 (2011)
ISBN 978 0 905728 07 0
The Industrial Heart of Old Middlesbrough.
J K Harrison
96 pages


RESEARCH REPORT No 11 (2014)
ISBN 978 0 905728 08 7
Metallurgist of Distinction
Peter H Scholes
80 pages

RESEARCH REPORT No 12 (2021)
ISBN 978 0 905728 09 4
The Blast Furnaces of Cleveland : Information to aid identification
C.H. Morris
150 pages

RESEARCH REPORT No 13 (2021 )
ISBN 978 0905728 10 0
The Ironworks of Stockton-on-Tees
A. Betteney
176 pages

RESEARCH REPORT No 14 (2022)
ISBN 978 0 905728 11 7
Stockton & Darlington Railway – The Yarm Branch
Yarm Branch Study Group
120 pages