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Middlesbrough (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 54 34 22 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.5728 decimal degrees |
Long: 001 09 46 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.1628 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on S side of Tee estuary; constructed as a coal-exporting port when Stockton-Darlington railway extended E in 1830; ironworks & blast furnaces built after 1850; newer industries include telephone equipment manufacturing. |
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Middlesbrough (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Teesside (C,V)
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Middlebrough (NA,V,English,U)
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Middlesborough (NA,V,English,U)
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1830 |
city (C) |
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county seat (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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manufacturing center (C) |
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port (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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episcopal see (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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