“ Education is provided by a grammar school, a large day school for girls, and technical and art schools. There is a service of steam trams in the principal streets, and three fine bridges connect the town with Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ”

“ There are large iron works (including foundries and factories for engines, boilers, chains and cables) , shipbuilding yards, glass manufactories, chemical, soap and candle works, brick and tile works, breweries and tanneries. ”

“ Extensive coal mines exist in the vicinity; and at Gateshead Fell are large quarries for grindstones, which are much esteemed and are exported to all parts of the world. Large gas-works of the Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company are also situated in the borough. The parliamentary borough returns one member. ”