Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .
Volume One - Into the Victorian Age - The dock extension of 1883 . . .
1883 - The upper image shows another general view of the excavation works whilst the lower colourised image illustrates the ships floating on a level of water which is held back by a narrow rock wall of unknown stability. Would this level of risk be permitted today? In the distance (left) is the Mission to Seamen building. [007]