A postcard of 'The Pier, Cardiff' from c.1914. I believe the paddle steamer is the 'Waverley'' built in 1887 which still looks resplendent as she passes the pier head terminal of the White Funnel Fleet and her owners, P. & A. Campbell Limited. [001]

The P.S. Gwalia (519 gross register tons) outward from the Bute Docks entrance. Maybe she has just swung about and is making for the pier head to collect passengers. She and her sister 'Devonia' (520 grt) were from the Red Funnel Fleet of the Barry Railway Company and came from the shipyard of John Brown & Co. on Clydebank, having being launched in 1905. The image is also from her maiden season since she was repainted with a black hull for the 1906 season. The lower image has been colourised. [001]

A postcard view of the 'Landing Stage & Penarth Head, Cardiff'. The pier head area was always busy and here the P.S. 'Marchioness' is in the foreground, a White Funnel paddle steamer mid-field and a tramp steamer is moored probably adjacent to the dry dock. On the Penarth Head is the distinctive tower and church of St. Augustines. Another heritage postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]

The P.S. 'Marchioness' was built in 1888 at the Chepstow yard of E. Finch & Company being 262 tons gross and 119 tons nett. Her vital statistics were 160ft. - 1in. length x 22ft. - 2in. breath x 9ft. - 1 in. depth. She was sold in 1913 to a Dutch owner. In the period 1899-1912 she was running the Cardiff to Bristol or Portishead service for William T. Lewis of Cardiff. Mr. Lewis was formerly the engineer to the Bute Trustees and had managed the Bute Docks since 1880 ; later in 1911 he became Lord Merthyr of Senghenydd. Originally, the 'Marchioness' had a single funnel, but at an early date a second boiler was fitted which necessitated the second funnel as seen in the postcard view above. [154]