Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - All Change at Cogan Junction and Llandough Sidings . . .

1966 - The location is adjacent to Cogan Junction down-homes bracket-signal, Llandough sidings. Then just laid, flat-bottomed turnout, part of the remodelling of the permanent way in connection with the dismantling of the Ely river up line, bowstring railway bridge. Note the Llandough signal box distant and Llandough water tower right. The photograph was taken during May 1966. [922] [923] [924] [image reference : bpm00426]

An image taken by Alfred Hugh Fisher in 1909 annotated - 'The Llandough coal sidings for Penarth Dock; adjacent to the dock' - 'Showing railway lines in the foreground. Hills can be seen in the distance.' - A digital image held at the University of Cambridge under their 'Apollo' collection. [189] [190]

The record consists of eight images featured previously back in Volume 2 Chapter 10: The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) Photograph Collection is held at the Cambridge University Library and includes a series of photographs taken by Alfred Hugh Fisher (1865-1945) during a visit to Penarth Dock in 1909. He was born in London, studied art and became a renowned engraver, etcher and illustrator. The Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee gave him the job of traveling the British Empire during 1907-09 to make a photographic record. These photographs were subsequently preserved by the Royal Commonwealth Society.