The Industrial North Pennines

The Industrial Heritage of Rivers Tyne Wear & Tees originate in the Lead mining hills of the Pennines. Tynedale, Weardale and Teesdale are not part of the North Yorkshire Dales, but located in an area originally called Rheged and latterly known as Northumbria with Northumberland being the portion north of the Tyne.

The industrial Revolution which started to transform the world in the Nineteenth Century originated here in the North East of England, fueled by the Coal mining in Northumberland and Durham. 

The coal supplied the Heavy Industry of the Tyne & Wear Rivers and was also shipped out of the Tyne and other coastal ports to London.

The exportation of the Coal from Northumberland and Durham with the Ore's mined in the North Pennines was supported by the Internationally renowned Shipbuilding Industry on all three rivers primarily on the Tyne & Wear.

The Steel fabrication Industry of Teesside sort the Ore from the North Pennines and Coal from the Yorkshire Mines to ensure their Worldwide dominance fabricating bridges for transportation around the globe such as the Tyne Bridge & Sydney Harbour Bridge. Most recently was the building of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong during the 1980s