Volume Nine - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - Swing Bridge Connections : Penarth Dock, River Taff and Glamorganshire Canal . . .

The Road from the Bute Docks Cardiff to Penarth Tidal Harbour :

A search of the Glamorgan Archives in Cardiff during August 2017 revealed a large amount of additional information about the road and the swing bridges including drawings and specifications.

The first historic documents to examine are the Contract Drawings entitled 'Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway Road from the Bute Docks Cardiff to Penarth Tidal Harbour' which have the signatures appended of John Hawkshaw, Samuel Dobson and Charles de Bergue (contractor) and are dated 23rd April 1864.

	1864 - 'Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway Road from the Bute Docks Cardiff to Penarth Tidal Harbour'- Contract Drawing No. 1 - General Plan & Section.
	1864 - 'Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway Road from the Bute Docks Cardiff to Penarth Tidal Harbour'- Contract Drawing No. 1 - General Plan & Section.
	1864 - 'Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway Road from the Bute Docks Cardiff to Penarth Tidal Harbour'- Contract Drawing No. 3 - General Plan & Section.