Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Four - An Era of Change, Uncertainty, Depression & War - The Penarth Dock Engineering Company Limited . . .

The Works of Hodges Engineering Company and its associated Fownes Forge Company situated between coal tip numbers 1 and 2 on the main, number 1 dock at Barry. This photo was taken from the General Offices of the Barry Dock Company and probably dates from the 1920's. It was borrowed from a fine local history volume covering the ancient through to modern times named 'Barry - The Centenary Book' published in 1984. The photo is credited to the Glamorgan Record Office. [248] [371]

1966 - An ariel view of Barry Docks by Terence Soames (Cardiff) Limited.The Barry Dock company offices, the Barry Graving Dock, No. 2 Dock and accesses, and bottom right, the engineering works of Hodges Engineering Company and its associated Fownes Forge Company are visible - see enlargement below. The photographs are courtesy of the National Museum of Wales. [Museum Item Number : 2019.1/568] [629]

The building on the right is Hodges Engineering and the right hand buildings were the home of the Fownes Forge. Both companies formed part of the Penarth Dock Engineering Company Limited. The image has been colourised. [629]