Penarth Dock
From Graces Guide
1859 The contract for the building of Penarth Dock was placed; the dock was constructed for the Penarth Harbour, Dock and Railway Co.
1865 The dock opened. It had been constructed by a workforce of around 1,200 mostly Irish 'navvies' under the direction of chief engineer Harrison Hayter and implementing the design of Sir John Hawkshaw.
1906 Description of coal-shipping arrangements. The hydraulic pumping engines were made by Tannett, Walker and Co. [1]
At the Welsh coal trade's zenith in 1913 ships carried 4,660,648 tons of coal in a single year out of Penarth docks.
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