Railway spur from the North Eastern Railway, Newcastle and South Shields Branch (SMR 2509) into the Tyne Dock (SMR 2556). From St. Bede's Junction to the Tyne Dock Bottom Junction. This link was opened on 1885 to ease congestion in the Dock Bottom and it's approaches. The 2nd edition OS mapping shows three warehouses on the site. The westernmost had been replaced by the 1920s and the others later removed when the East Jarrow Carriage and Repair Shops were built. By 1921 the area was occupied by a Saw Mill and yards associated with the timber ponds at Jarrow Slake. The site remained railway property until the 1980s, with parts of the Saw Mill and the trackbeds still in situ.

Timber pond within the Tyne Dock, (SMR 2556). These were not shown on the 1st edition OS mapping, so were working from after 1855.

Four staiths are shown within the Tyne Dock (SMR 2556). These are not shown on 1st edition OS mapping, so were working from after 1855.

The Tyne Dock. Originally planned in 1838, final permission to build the dock was obtained by George Hudson in 1847. Construction began in 1855 involving dumping vast quantities of material from the South Shields ballast hills to provide foundations. The dock opened in 1859. It was served by a two level railway system with the staiths at the High End and general cargo at the Dock Bottom. The layout of the High End was an outstanding and unique example of engineering design and execution. From 1883-1917 shipments of coal alone were over 5 million tons/year. In 1938 the LNER sold the dock to the Tyne Improvement Commission. Included Staiths (SMR 2557) & a Timber Pond (SMR 2558) {2}. Most of the Tyne Dock gates are no longer in use and some have been dismantled and replaced with concrete. The Tyne Dock Hydraulic House (NZ 354 654) is a stone building of the highly characteristic form of which very few examples now remain in this region where hydraulic machinery was invented and developed. The Tyne Dock Offices (NZ 356 651) are also of interest {3}. Ahead of the use of the Tyne Dock basin as a lagoon for displaced mud as part of the TT2 creation a photographic recording and condition survey of the entrances to the dock was carried out by The Archaeological Practice Ltd. In 2009. This work also included an appraisal of previous work carried out in 1999. The report concluded that the non operational Sixty Foot entrance dated to the 1850s. All buildings historically associated with the Eastern Pier have been demolished. The Eighty Foot Tidal Entrance was part of the 1850s design but was altered in the 1890s. The courses of hydraulic equipment and other conduits are visible as concrete infilled channels in the surface of the dock. The Seventy Foot Tidal Entrance was in use at the time of the survey to provide access to the NW Quay along the west side of the dock. Both piers forming the entrance to this entrance have timber extremities to the north and south. Since 1999 the timber jetties have become considerably more dilapidated and overgrown {5}. The final phase of recording was undertaken by WAA in 2014. This work included the recording of the machinery located in the western pier of the Sixty Foot Lock. The workings (replaced in the 1920s) appeared to be complete although they suffered heavily from corrosion.

Timber Ponds in the south east corner of Jarrow Slake. These are not shown on the 1st edn OS mapping, so this was working from after 1855.

Cycling Ground, an Oval track, south east of Monkton. This is not shown on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was working from after 1855.

Smithy, in Monkton, which is not shown on the 1st edition OS mapping, so were working from after 1855.

Four filter beds which are not shown on the 1st edition OS mapping, so working from after 1855. These may have been associated with the nearby Springwell Paper Works, (SMR 2550).

400yd rifle range. This is not shown on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was operational from after the survey date of 1855.

Together with SMR 2232 this record represents the North Eastern Railway Harton Branch which was opened in 1867, largely following the line of the old Brandling Junction Railway Biddick Branch (SMR 2232). It also replaced the northern section of a wagonway (SMR 2395) from Harton Colliery to the North Eastern Railway South Shields Branch.