Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - Witness to the Past [2023] . . .

Walking back to the main Penarth Dock and just to recap ; the Penarth Marina today forms only a small part of the original dock area, being just about the distance we can see in the postcard view above. The nearest coal tip is logically No. 1 situated upon pier 1. Then there were coal two tips originally installed upon an enlarged pier with tips Nos. 2 and 3 installed. One was removed and replaced with the steel structure seen in the postcard of c.1910. The far pier is therefore coal tip No. 4 with No. 5 beyond, and that is the extent of the remainder of the dock. Beyond has been dammed and filled with industrial and household waste.