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

January 1934 - Docks Department - New Oil Depots - New petroleum spirit importing dépôts were brought into operation during the year at Penarth Harbour by Messrs. Russian Oil Products, Ltd., and Trinidad Leaseholds, Ltd.

January 1934 - Docks Department - Newport, Port Talbot, and Penarth Docks — A further mechanical appliance for removing coals which will not run freely from the wagons, is to be installed at each of the above-mentioned docks.

June 1936 - Docks Department - The Temporary Closing of Penarth Dock - A multi-page article explaining the decline in trade at the dock. Read in full by clicking here.

June 1937 - Docks Department - Contracts - Overhaul of the Following Vessels - s.s. Roebuck; The tug Swansea; The dredger Mudeford ; The steam hopper barge G.W.R. No. 2 : Messrs. Penarth Pontoon Slipway & Ship Repairing Co., Ltd., Penarth.

Overhaul of the following vessels : Dredger Don Federico : Messrs. Penarth Pontoon & Slipway and Ship Repairing Co., Ltd., Penarth.

August 1937 - Docks Department - Contracts - The Directors of the Great Western Railway Company have authorised - At the South Wales Docks - Overhaul of Steam Hopper Barges G.W.R. No. 1 and G.W.R. No. 2, and repairs to Steam Hopper Barge Foremost VI : Messrs. The Penarth Pontoon, Slipway and Ship Repairing Co., Ltd., Penarth.

January 1938 - Docks Department - Contracts - The Directors of the Great Western Railway Company have authorised - At the South Wales Docks - Overhaul of the dredger Peeress and s.s. St. Patrick : Messrs. Penarth Pontoon & Slipway and Ship Repairing Co. Ltd., Penarth.

February 1938 - G.W.R. Contracts - The Directors of the Great Western Railway Company have authorised - At the Docks - Overhaul of steam hopper barge Foremost 44 : Messrs. The Penarth Pontoon, Slipway and Ship Repairing Company Ltd., Penarth.