Kevin Blair sent me this photo of the timber ponds at Jarrow Slake. Unfortunately there is now date on the photo. Looks like a Monmouth Class cruiser moored in the river which may be LANCASTER which was built by Armstrong Whitworth at Elswick in 1904. See details at: http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/L-Ships ... r1904.html
A couple of cargo ships are moored astern and to the right of the photo is the isolation hospital.