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Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . . |
| Volume One - Into the Victorian Age - Activity at the docks . . . |
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"The Dock, Penarth" around the turn of the 20th century showing that the transition from sail to steam was well underway. Penarth was known as the "Garden by the Sea"; but not at the docks, as there would have been a perpetual blanket of coal dust floating on the surface of the dock which, if a garden, would yield only black blooms! [024] [029] |