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

The following was published within the January 1928 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

Docks Department - Improvements at Docks - Penarth — A further two hoists have been provided capable of shipping coal from 20-ton wagons, and there are now three of these hoists at Penarth, while an additional hoist is being adapted.

The outer lock gates have been renewed, and have been provided with storm strut gates.

The siding accommodation at this port for coal shipment traffic has been greatly improved.

Introduction of 20-ton wagons - There are now over a thousand 20-ton wagons working between the South Wales collieries and the ports of Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Barry, Port Talbot, and Penarth.

Among the more important dock works are the following :— The completion of the first installment of the adaptation, construction or reconstruction of hoists and tips (in conjunction with the Chief Mechanical Engineer) to deal with 20-ton wagons for the shipment of coal, except at Penarth dock, where one hoist only remains to be completed.

The following was published within the July 1928 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department — Hoist Conversion at Penarth Dock — The shaft and winding drums shown in the accompanying photograph are one of four sets made for Nos. 8, 13, 19 and 20 coal hoists, Penarth Dock, in connection with the conversion of these hoists to deal with 20-ton wagons. The shaft and drums will be fixed at the top of the hoist at a height of about 80 feet above quay level, and will be used for winding up the ropes for lifting and tipping the cradle carrying the coal wagon.