Penarth Dock, South Wales - 150 years - the heritage and legacy  
Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

Volume Two - The Era of Optimism, Investment & Development - Penarth's contribution to coal exports . . .

Ocean Coal

Another advert from the South Wales Coal Annual of 1908 expounding the power of David Davies Ocean (Methyr) steam coal which is responsible, it would seem, for some of the most rapid Atlantic crossings on record. Even royalty and their guests onboard the Royal Yachts were treated to an eye full of soot and a good lung-full of sulfurous (but clean) smoke and fume! [039]

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