Figure 6 - Sketch showing how vessels were moored against the stone jetties on the south side of the dock to load coal. [1292]

The following text is taken from Appendix A - Details of Illustrations:

The outline of the dock taken from a 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The vessels shown are approximately 300 feet in length, a fairly typical size for vessels using the dock in the 1900's. Note that these vessels are already too large to fit into the lock at Penarth Dock and by this time the dock is being used as a partly tidal dock with the lock rarely used for the passage of vessels. Also note that room exists at the fore and aft end of each vessel to allow them to be moved to fill holds near the extreme ends of the vessel.