Penarth Dock, South Wales - 150 years - the heritage and legacy  
Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

Volume Two - The Era of Optimism, Investment & Development - The gridiron and slipway of the Penarth Shipbuilding & Ship Repairing Co. . . .

1950's - A photograph looking upstream of the River Ely towards the disused slipway and remains of the gridiron.
1950's - A photograph looking upstream of the River Ely towards the disused slipway and remains of the gridiron.
1950's - A photograph looking upstream of the River Ely towards the disused slipway and remains of the gridiron.

• 1950's - A photograph (with colourised version) looking upstream of the River Ely towards the disused slipway and remains of the gridiron. The rotting remnants of timber shorings and decking, the hydraulic house, hydraulic accumulator and chimney, and across the river, the petroleum wharf and the Ely Tidal Harbour coal tips are also clear.

The original glass negative of this photograph is held at the archive of the National Museum of Wales. [Museum item number : 1996.96/430] [629] [20180416]

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