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The view east into the main dock in the late 1890's with sail in dominance. I rather like this grainy old image, it is 'salty' and simply reeks of hard graft! [101] |
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| A copy negative held at the Bristol Museum of the Penarth Dock taken from a location closeby the limekilns and adjacent to the path from the Royal Hotel on the former Dock Road leading down to the sidings at the south side of the dock. The description of the photograph is 'Penarth Dock. Depicts sailing ships, steamers, man with pony'. The date of the photo is not stated but since all the coal tips have wooden enclosures and I am able to identify number 8 closest, I can estimate the date between 1883 when the dock extension was opened and 1893, when number 10 tip was upgraded and replaced with a steel structure manufactured by Armstrong & Co. The mound from the limekiln smoulders whilst a TVR engine steams away on its shunting duties - I can imagine the hiss of steam and the clanking of the coulpings of the railway trucks as it pulls it load away! To the north, I can make out the indent in the bank of the river Ely which is the entrance to the Cogan Pill, and distant, the railway curves around on its high embankment to Grangetown with the gasometers at the town gas works clearly defined. [379] |
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