Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Two - The Era of Optimism, Investment & Development - Some broken records and repairs . . .

Another postcard from my Penarth Dock Collection [001] taken at the zenith of coal exports out of Penarth Dock during 1913 and being almost identical to the previous postcard view.

Penarth Dock - A.Hill & Co. -Engineers and Ship Repairers

GWR - 1923 - Track Layout - Penarth Dock

In the bottom right hand corner of the photograph are the workshops of Messrs. A. Hill & Co. - Engineers and General Ship Repairers. The 1923 GWR track diagram for Penarth Dock and Tidal Harbour shows the workshops still in place and refers to a lease but fails to detail the occupants at that date. Note the swing bridge over the lock. [001] [301]

• April 1906 - Died Whilst At Work - 'George Crocket, 50, residing at 48, Dock-street, Cogan, in the employ of Messrs. Hill and Roach, ship repairers, at Penarth Dock, when straightening a piece of iron on an anvil on Monday morning, suddenly fell and died immediately. "Heart Failure" was the verdict this after-noon.' Evening Express [135] 24th April 1906.