Swansea and Port Talbot Docks History

The Construction of Swansea Kings Dock

General photos

Site Office of Topham Jones & Railton, main contractor for the building of the King's Dock


Construction of a reinforced concrete dock wall


Stone cutting and dressing area


Temporary railway bridge across the foreshore


Pile stockyard with overhead travelling gantry


The two photos above show the construction of the wooden jetty adjacent to the Kings Dock Lock


Temporary rail bridge which could be raised to allow the passage of barges loaded with stone


View of communication passage between Kings Dock and Prince of Wales Dock


Western Power Station under construction


Tennant Canal lay-by at the eastern end of D Shed Wharf

 

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