A smithy which is shown on 2nd edition OS. It was part of the coaching inn called The Traveller's Rest, which no longer exists. The smithy was still in use in 1991, shoeing horses. The smithy is brick-built made of hand made bricks. The entrance is via double doors. The top half of the stable door is original. The sash windows are bricked up and are missing most of the glazing bars. The chimney stack at the west end is a modern replacement, that at the east end is original. On the forecourt outside the smithy is a large stone tyre fitting ring let into the ground, used for fitting the red-hot tyres onto the wwoden rims of the cart and waggon wheels. Inside, the lamp brackets for the former gas lighting are still present. The original floor was constructed of hand-made bricks set on edge into sand. The centre of the floor is now paved. The roof is of slate. There are two hearths, both of brick, with canopies and chimneys over them. That at the east end is larger, designed for large metalwork such as wheel hooping plates. The western one is smaller, used for horse shoes, door hinges, latches and tools. The smithy still has hand-operated bellows although they are no longer used. Lewis Dunn was the first recorded blacksmith here, in 1834. He was also the innkeeper at the adjoining Traveller's Rest Inn.When the inn was demolished in the late C19, a dwelling house called Woodbine House was built in its place. This too was later demolished, leaving the smithy standing alone. Was considered for listing and turned down in 2016. Archaeologically recorded in 2018.

These brickworks are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but are marked as ‘Old’ on the 2nd edition, so fall within the date range 1858-1895.

To meet the need for facilities for goods coming into the River Tyne and to increase the coal shipping facilities on the north side of the river, a dock was commenced in the late 1870s at Coble Dene near North Shields. The Coble Dene dock was commenced, under the direction of P.J. Messent, engineer to the Tyne Improvement Commission and completed in 1883. The dock was formally opened in 1884 by the Prince and Princess of Wales and renamed the Albert Edward Dock in honour of the Prince's visit. It covered an area of 22.25 acres and could accommodate ships drawing up to 25 feet and 400-450 feet long. It had 20 steam and hydraulic cranes, with Warehousing and Timberyards. The entrance to the dock was via 2 locks (grade II Listed Buildings) powered by hydraulics through an accumulator tower (a grade II* Listed Building). These systems were supplied by Armstrong's Elswick Works and now represent the only examples of such on the Tyne. Other hydraulic machinery was powered by a steam engine near the dock entrance. The dock was served by a complex railway system (HER ref. 2139) {2

The North Eastern Railway, Newcastle and Tynemouth, Riverside Branch line was originally opened in May 1879 to serve the riverside industries. Services were timed to coincide with shifts in the shipyards. Stations were built at Byker (closed 1954), St Peter’s, St Anthony’s, Walker, Carville, Point Pleasant and Willington Quay. Passenger traffic was light and ceased in 1973. The line is now closed and converted into a walkway. The line connected the River Tyne and Walker to the main railway network. The southern half of the line was in a cutting which led to a tunnel beneath Bevans Department Store on Shields Road. It emerged on the south side of the road and continued down the slope to the Quayside at St. Lawrence. The cutting is now in-filled and the tunnel appears to be blocked.

The probable line of a Wagonway, linking Cramlington Colliery Railway (HER ref. 1056) to the North Eastern Railway, Newcastle and Tynemouth, Riverside Branch (HER ref. 2146). This is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan and was out of use on the 2nd edition, so dates between 1858 and 1895.

An iron foundry appears for the first time on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, on a site previously occupied by Howdon Ropery (HER ref. 2028). The foundry must have been built after 1858.

A reservoir is shown on early Ordnance Survey plans, though the precise location is unclear.

From the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan these appear to have been related to the Backworth Colliery Railway (HER ref. 1113), but this is not clear. They were built after 1858, as they do not appear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. One of two pairs of staiths with this name, the other being HER ref. 2200.

Staith in the Albert Edward Dock (HER ref. 2147), which was supplied by the North Eastern Railway, Blyth and Tyne Branch (HER ref. 2139).

Staith in the Albert Edward Dock (HER ref. 2147), which was supplied by the North Eastern Railway, Blyth and Tyne Branch (HER ref. 2139).