Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Nine - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - Coal Tip Installation and Update Record . .

Penarth Dock Basin - Tip Nos. 15, 16, 17 & 18 - North Quay

1905 - 'The Four Moveable Hydraulic Coal-Tips at Penarth Dock, Taff Vale Railway Company' - 'These tips will load up a vessel with coal more quickly than any other machinery in the world' - The Sea-Power of our Railways. [001]

This image appeared in 'The Windsor Magazine' [478] and a book 'The Ways of our Railways' [479] in 1906 and shows the four tips numbered 15, 16, 17 & 18 (numbered from right to left) which were manufactured by Messrs. Fielding and Platt of Gloucester and installed in the years 1899 - 1900. They were specified to process 25 ton wagons.

Penarth Dock Basin - Tip Nos. 15, 16, 17 & 18 - North Quay - Summary History
year	comment	witness images and text
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1899	tips under construction - built by Fielding & Platt of Gloucester	image 1899
1900	all four tips commissioned
1906	all four tips in full use - world speed record claimed!	image above
1928	tips indicated in position - GWR Track Plan	2515/250/429 [252]
1928	tips indicated in position - track layout diagrams	[008]
1929	all four tips in position	aerial photo
1929	The South Wales Coal Annual - 4 tips in basin listed	[469]
1932	tip no. 18 out of use at 1932 - track layout diagrams	[008]
1933	tips indicated in position - GWR Track Plan	2515/250/429 [252]
1934	tip no. 17 removed - track layout diagrams	[008]
1936	Penarth Dock closed to shipping except for laying-up and repair
1937	two tips remain in position - nos. 15 & 16	aerial photo
1939	tips nos. 15 and 16 removed - track layout diagrams	[008]
1940	all four tips and railways no longer in place - track layout diagrams	[008]
1962	Penarth Dock closed off by dam but basin remains open to sea

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