Penarth Dock, South Wales - 150 years - the heritage and legacy  
Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Even more aspects - More Moments Captured in Time . . .

Barry Dock - Coal tips in No. 2 dock with the Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company.
Barry Dock - Coal tips in No. 2 dock with the Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company.
• Barry Dock - The high-level hydraulic coal tips of No. 2 dock with the 1904 Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company which was one of the largest in the UK. No. 2 Dock was opened in 1898 being 3,338 feet long with a width varying from 400 to 600 feet. The postcard was published by W. H, Price, Barry and is held within the Penarth Dock Collection. The lower version has been colourised. [001] [20191108]
 
Barry Dock - Coal tips in No. 2 dock with the Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company.
Barry Dock - Coal tips in No. 2 dock with the Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company.

• Barry Dock - Coal tips in No. 2 dock with the Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company viewed from the opposite end. The dock was equipped with 13 coal tips, 10 being of the fixed type but with three moveable tips. A postcard aerial view published by the Great Western Railway which became the greatest dock owning company under the Railways Act of 1921. An Autotype Company Ltd. postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. The lower version has been colourised. [001] [20191108]

 
Barry Dock - Coal tips in No. 2 dock with the Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company.
Barry Dock - Coal tips in No. 2 dock with the Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company.

• Barry Dock - The Atlantic Mill of of J. H. Rank & Company. The image is featured within the excellent Mills Archive Trust. The lower version has been colourised. [751] [752] [20191108]

During 1906 the Institution of Mechanical Engineers visited the mill and the following report was published within 'The Engineer' [015] [016] periodical :

'The power to drive the machinery of these mills is supplied by two triple-expansion engines of 700 I.H.P., built by Messrs. Wood Brothers, of Sowerby Bridge. The boilers, of which there are four, 30 feet by 8 feet, working at a pressure of 200 lbs. per square inch, were supplied by Messrs. Tetlow Brothers, of Hollinwood. A complete silo installation with band-conveying arrangements for conveying the grain is in operation, the transmitting arrangements being of a capacity of 120 tons of wheat per hour. The storage capacity of the grain silos is about 50,000 quarters. A complete wheat-cleaning and conditioning plant for preparing the wheat for the mill is installed, with a capacity of sixty sacks of flour per hour. The grain-conveying plant was supplied by Messrs. Spencer and Co., of Melksham, the flour-milling machinery by Messrs. Henry Simon, of Manchester, and the whole of the erection of the plant was carried out under the superintendence of the firm's staff.'

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