Volume Thirteen - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - even more aspects - Articles from the Great Western Railway Magazine - 1922 - 1948 . . . .

The following are entries published within the March 1925 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

Docks Department - New Works — The Directors have authorised the following new works :—

No. 14 tip, Penarth Dock, has been abandoned and is not to be replaced, but in connection with repairs to the retaining walls supporting the adjoining lines the lines will be rearranged to afford accommodation for 80 additional wagons.

Goods Department - A 50-ton Load — An interesting load was dealt with on January 9 last at John Bevan & Sons’ arsenic works, Danygraig, Swansea. The load consisted of a rotary calciner of a total weight of 50 tons, consigned to the South Wales Portland Cement Company, Penarth. It measured 62 ft. long and 7 ft. in diameter. After being dismantled it was loaded on a “crocodile” wagon, two check wagons being necessary.

The following was published within the April 1925 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

Docks Department - 655 Tons Shipment per Hour — The speed at which coal can be loaded at the South Wales ports was demonstrated at Penarth Dock on March 14, when the s.s. Corfell was loaded with 2,795 tons 14 cwt. of cargo and 42 tons 12 cwt. of bunkers. The vessel commenced loading under the four-tip berth at 6.15 a.m. and by 11.5 a.m. the whole of the coal had been shipped. The rate of shipment averaged 655 tons per hour.

The following was published within the June 1925 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

Docks Department - Contracts —The following contracts have been placed :—