Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy


	Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

about . . .

Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - Defence of the Realm - Penarth Head Fort and Coastal Battery . . .

	1912 - Secret - Severn Defences - South Wales District - Penarth, Lavernock, Nell's Point & Mumbles Batteries - Chart Showing Arcs of Fire of Guns, Etc.

	1923 - View of Penarth showing St Augustine's church and Penarth Hotel ; plus the Penarth Head Fort remnants.

	2024 - Cymru am Byth - The spirit of the gun emplacements as exemplified in this artwork seen on the island of Flatholm!

	1930's - Esplanade & Pier Pavilion, Penarth - A postcard view dating from c.1930 which captures the essence of the resort with its wide esplanade and pier but lurking in the gap between the pier pavilion and Penarth Headland are those two, imposing searchlight relics of the possibility of war leading out from the Victorian era.

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information . . .

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