Volume Four - An Era of Change, Uncertainty, Depression & War - Penarth Dock closure in 1936 . . .

	The tremendous drop in trade has naturally had serious repercussions upon the Company’s financial position, and the net revenue from the dock undertakings dropped from £543,531, in 1929, to £46,683, in 1935, while railway earnings from mineral, merchandise, and passenger traffic were also reduced substantially.