4th August 1912 - No. 5 hydraulic coal hoist under construction at Penarth Dock the work of Tannett Walker Limited. There are some handwritten notes on the page which state : -

A - Tip cabin completed.
B - Ladderways commenced.
C - Valve cabin - Half finished. Valve & pipe arrangement in course of erection.
D - Bridge complete - timber to remove.

This photograph also shows the original 1865 No. 4 wooden tip adjacent which will shortly be demolished to make way for the new steel framed tip under construction by East Ferry Road Engineering Company Limited of Millwall, London, the contract for which, plus tip numbers 11 and 12, had been authorised by the TVR on the 7th March 1912. The construction of this tip is documented in Part 2 of this album. As a postscript to this story, Tannett Walker Limited of Hunslet, Leeds, subsequently went into liquidation as reported by the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer on 21st April 1913.

The original of this photograph is held at the archive of the National Museum of Wales. [Museum item number : 83.170I] [629] [20180425]