Gloucester Wagon Company Limited, Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited, Penarth Dock.

1860 - The Gloucester Wagon Company was formed as 'A joint stock company for the manufacture of railway wagons'. It began with a capital of £100,000 and had a 120 strong workforce. The company operated until c.1986.

1887 - The Gloucester Wagon Company was renamed the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited and the company was reconstructed with a share capital of £525,000.

1888 - Gloucester Wagon Company - 'A circular has been issued to the shareholders of the Gloucester Wagon Company (Limited) by Messrs. Richard Chamberlain and T. H. Goodwin, Newton, asking for support in an attempt to obtain a through examination into the affairs of the company with a view to placing it on a sound financial basis.' - Western Mail - [036] [136] - 24th January 1888.

1891-92 - The Cardiff and Suburban Commercial Directory [180] of 1891 - 1892 lists the Gloucester Wagon Company operating at the Docks, Penarth, whilst the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd. is listed at East Moors.

1895 - Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Lim., (S. Slater, general manager), Penarth docks - [175]

1897 - The rather smart exhibition piece ten ton capacity coal wagon of Mr. Taylor of Penarth built, as the signage indicates, at the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd. in 1897. White walled tyres, shellac finish to the wood and some first-class sign-writing. A further technological advancement was that it was equipped with hydraulic, or spring loaded buffers. The refinement considerably reduced impact damage during shunting operations and which only became compulsory on the T.V.R. c.1908. [031] [026]
1906-08 - Baldwins Limited and the Gloucester Company formed steel works at Port Talbot to assure steel supplies for wagon building.
1911 - Cardiff Directory incl. Penarth . . . Gloucester Wagon Co. Ltd. - 2 entries for the company (probably offices) at Penarth Dock being situated between Penarth Dock Warehouse and the T.V.R. Loco. Sheds and also adjacent to A. Hill, ship-repairers, the Berthingmen's Lodge and the Swing Bridge.
	c.1900 - A cast brass makers plate for the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited, Builders, Gloucester, England. Note the outer shape of the sign - 'G'. The image was kindly donated by the owner of the plaque who prefers to remain anon. Many thanks anon! [001]
	1883 - A Trade Directory advertisement for the Gloucester Wagon Company, LD., Gloucester builders of Railway Carriages and Wagons, let on simple hire or sold for cash or on deferred purchase. Contractors for wagon repairs. Sole makers of Slater's Patent Buffer with steel patent or other India-rubber springs. Makers of all kinds of Wooden Structures, Farm Sheds, Station Buildings, Joinery Mouldings, &c. Alfred Slater, General Manager. [017]