Above: Location of the Stephenson yard in relation to Wallsend & Hebburn in 2019. Photo is copyright of Google

Above: Stephenson's yard is outlined in blue on this map dated 1912. Note that the dry dock shown on the above map (the old dock) is not the same dock shown in the photo above it (the new dock). The old dry dock shown on the map has been filled in on the photo, although the entrance can still be seen in the first photo, in the top right corner of the white rectangle and to the right of the new dry dock entrance. A new larger dry dock was constructed over the top of the overhead crane gantry and the slipways in 1959/60. This new dock is shown in the first photo. Above image is copyright of Ordnance Survey

Above photo is dated 1936 but the key features of Stephenson's yard can still be seen. Note the original or old dry dock at bottom centre and to the right of that the long diagonal crane gantry, then the building berths and finally at the top right of the photo the Hawthorn Leslie yard is just visible with a ship on one of their berths. Photo is copyright of Britain from Above

A large gantry is placed between the two berths next to the dock. The gantry, which is about 950ft long and has a height of 90ft at the river end, is composed of massive steel columns and trusses and carries a line of rails on top. Running on the rails and spanning the two berths is a powerful electric crane of American design and make, having a span of 178ft, and capable of lifting three tons at the extreme end, and ten tons 50ft out, depositing it anywhere within the length of the gantry and its own span.
Description from the Jarrow Express Aug 1904. Photo is courtesy of John Bage