Volume Ten - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - Penarth Harbour, Dock & Railway Company . . .

14.7.1857 : Certificate No. 1 : £6,041 - 5 - 0d on a/c of Works Contract.

4.8.1857 : Resolved, that the Directors who shall meet Mr Hawkshaw tomorrow be authorised to contract for making a temporary bridge over the River Ely, the amount of the contract not to exceed £2,000.

6.8.1857 :  A contract was entered into with Mr. Rennie to construct a bridge over the Ely to the satisfaction of the Company's Engineers for £2,000. Signed by Mr. Rennie and Mr. Hawkshaw.

28.8.1857 : Name of Company now "Penarth Harbour Dock & Railway Co."

Report :

" We have to report that Mr. Rennie, the Contractor, is now in full work on those portions of the Railway and Harbour presenting the heaviest works the completion of which, therefore, will measure the time of finishing the whole. Upwards of 200,000 cubic yards of earthwork had been moved, and 3,900 cubic yards of masonry built at the end of last month."

Certificate : Mr. Rennie for works £6,005 - 16 - 3d

3.11.1857 : The present state of the works, with reference to their completion within the period named in the contract, formed a serious subject of conversation to the Board.

Ordered, that the Secretary address a letter to the engineers on this subject and request a report thereon, to be laid before the next meeting.

Certificate, Rennie & Co. for works £7,475 - 8 - 6d.