I'm sure the photo is taken after 1932 which was when Palmers collapsed. I have highlighted some areas on the photo to get my/our bearings right.
A: The Swan Hunter East Yard
B: The former Palmers' Hebburn Yard, taken over from Robert Stephenson in 1912 and closed in 1932. Hawthorn Leslie would be off image to the right.
C: This is very indistinct but would be where Palmers ' big dock was, also taken over from Stephenson and eventually filled in by Swans in about 1973.
D: This is the site of the Palmers' Iron Works. Haven't got an exact date of when this land was cleared but I think it was post 1935.
E; At first I thought this was a jetty/staiths with a band of water between it and the river bank but I think it may be one of the ocean liners brought into the river to be scrapped and provide some employment for the Jarrow workers. The "band of water" may in fact be the white upperworks of a ship.
For example OLYMPIC arrived 13/10/1935 and after her fittings had been auctioned off and her superstructure removed she was towed to Inverkeithing for the rest of her to be scrapped 19/09/1937.
- Original photo courtesy of Kevin Blair