Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Large Testing Machines in South Wales, 1829-1906 . . .

	1912 - Views taken at Lloyd's Bute Chain and Anchor Testing House wharf showing Brown Lenox chain and Admiralty anchors destined for Argentinean warships.
	1881 - A Certificate of Test issued at the Lloyd's Proving House - Cardiff, relating to a Stud Link Cable Chain, 120 fathoms long, issued on 30th September 1881 and intended for use on the vessel 'Princess Alexandra'.

The services of the Lloyd's Bute Proving House were not just confined to the maritime industry but the coal mining industry also had good reason to have its equipment tested at the works, as this newspaper report of 1908 indicates:

1908 - Lloyd's Bute Proving House - Colliery Manager's Visit - Lloyd's Bute proving house at Cardiff Docks, which contains the largest testing machine in the world, was on Saturday, by the courtesy of Sir William Thomas Lewis, visited by the members of the South Wales Branch of the National Association of Colliery Managers. This association is regarded as one of the most exclusive in the country, the membership being restricted to those holding a first-class certificate of competency under the Coal Mines Regulation Act. and the branch has amongst its members all the leading colliery managers in the district. Under the supervision of Mr George W. Penn materials in connection with colliery work were on Saturday tested to illustrate to the visitors the advantages to be gained in greater safety of working by submitting chains, ropes, &c., for proof.