23rd March 1948 - Image 5406 - (Image 5405 has been disregarded) - In this photograph we view the Penarth Dock and Basin with its interconnecting lock and swing bridge [A].

See also the entrance and exit of the subway [B]; the Missions to Seamen [C]; the remnants of the Patent Slipway [D] and the old timbers of the Gridiron [E].

The Quonson huts are witness to the use of the dock as an American base for the D-Day landings [F].

Over the River Ely, on the peninsular, are the circular petroleum products tanks and associated facilities [G].

The Red House Inn is visible [H] on the foreshore.

The image is credited to the Welsh Office. [1294]  [1292]

23rd March 1948 - Image 5407 - The extensive muds of the 'Penarth Flats' [A].

Under Penarth Head [B] we have the Mercantile Marine Offices [C] and the Custom House [D] which were also used as the Dock Offices as well as for signing-on and off crew members.

The trumpet shaped piers welcome mariners to the Penarth Dock Basin; North Pier [E] which is partially still en-situ and the South Pier [F] which was demolished/removed between March 1968 and July 1971.

The image is credited to the Welsh Office. [1294]  [1292]