A colourised view of Penarth Dock estimated to have been photographed around the turn of the century. In the foreground pitwood (pitprops) are piled up awaiting their loading to trucks for transportation to the colliery companies. They were likely to have been imported to Penarth Dock from the forests of the Baltic States. This practice gave a cargo to ships on the inward journey which were normally in ballast and filled coaltrucks on their return journey to the colliery which were normally empties. [000] [002] [20170929]

A newspaper cutting reporting trade at Penarth Dock during 1899 and 1900. Pitwood accounted for 1,739 tons in 1899 but had increased to 4,468 tons in 1900. Total imports and exports were respectively 3,471,193 tons and 3,386,052 tons, being a slight a decrease of 85,141 tons. - The Cardiff Times [019] [361] 2nd March 1901 [20170929]