The Penarth Dock and Headland - An early aerial view which I estimate from the coal tips as after 1905 since nos. 19 and 20 are in place. The ferro-concrete staging to tips 3 & 4 was added 1913 and is in place. The railways to nos. 1 & 2 tips in the basin are still in place so could be 1915 but prior to the 1920's when many changes took place as the GWR took over the operation from the Taff Vale Railway Company.

On the headland is the distinctive tower of the 1865 St. Augustines church and the TVR Dock Hotel is clear. In the Severn sea beyond is the mud-bank named 'Cefn y Wrâch' which clearly defines the safe approach to both Penarth and Cardiff Docks between. [000] [002]

A 1949 or 1950 aerial image. Note the 'Passat' and 'Pamir' tall ships moored at the eastern end of the dock which dates the image within a year or so. The dark shadow of Cefn y Wrâch is clearly visible off Penarth Head. By this date a safe passage through the mud bank had been dredged to enable vessels to pass out more easily into the Severn Sea. [001]