Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .
Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Even more aspects - More Moments Captured in Time . . .
• c.1880 - The Bute Docks at Cardiff. Around 1885 sailing ships were out-numbered in quantity and tonnage by steamships at both Cardiff and Penarth hence, this photograph may well be a record from an earlier date. The lower image has been colourised. [000][002]
• c.1880 - The entrance to the Bute Docks at Cardiff. Once agaion, note the sheer number of masts from sailing vessels in dock and ponder the probable date of this photographic record. The lower image has been colourised. [000][002]
• c.1900 - The Bute Dock Company Offices at Cardiff, Pier Head. A later photograph given the lines of the tug and the fact that the offices were not opened until 1897 ; the previous offices having been destroyed by fire during 1892. The lower image has been colourised. [000][002]
