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Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - The Shipbreakers of Penarth . . .

Railway Rates from Wharf cont'd. -  to :

Newport 11½ Miles
2/6d.
S. to S.
Cwmbran 18½    ,,
2/6d.
S. to S.
Rogerstone 15    ,,
2/4d.
S. to P.S.
Panteg 21    ,,
2/9d.
S. to S.
Pontypool 22    ,,
2/10d.
S. to P.S.
 
         
Tredegar 28 Miles
3/-
S. to S.
Ebbw Vale 33    ,,
3/3d.
S. to P.S.
Blaenavon 32    ,,
3/3d.
S. to P.S.
Dowlais 24    ,,
2/9d.
S. to P.S.
 

Details of Plant and Permanent Way - April, 1912

Machinery Required

   
£
.....s.
.....d.
1 10-ton Crane with 65' jib, to lift 4 tons@ 40 ft. radius.
Motor 35 B.H.P.
835
0
0
1 5-ton Crane with 55' jib, to lift 2 tons@ 30 ft. radius.
Motor 30 B.H.P.
465
0
0
1 3-ton Crane with 35' jib, to lift 2 tons@ 20 ft. radius for shears.
Motor 35 B.H.P.
330
0
0
1 Guillotine Shears to cut 1½" steel plates, with knives 24" long, similar to R.S. (s) 42. Motor 40 B.H.P., weight about 35 tons.
790
0
0
1 Small Guillotine Shears to cut ⅝" steel, with 12" long knives, similar to R.S. (s) 17. Principally for Brass. With Motor.
175
0
0
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