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In 1913, when a record level
of 5.5 million tons of coal, coke and patent
fuel were exported through Swansea Docks,
the port had a total of 26 coal tipping
appliances, or ‘hoists’, in operation. There
were four in the North Dock, six in the
South Dock, nine in the Prince of Wales
Dock, and seven in the Kings Dock, all
rail-served and operated by hydraulic
pressure.
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However, as coal exports
declined over the following decades a
reduction in the number of coal-shipping
appliances at Swansea was inevitable, and
those in the North Dock were the first to be
scrapped when the dock closed in the 1930’s.
Next were the South Dock hoists which were
scrapped in the 1950’s, and then those in
the Prince of Wales Dock which were scrapped
in 1966. The 1960’s also saw the scrapping
of the two remaining coal hoists on the
south side of Kings Dock.
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Of the five remaining coal
hoists on the north side of Kings Dock,
No.11 was scrapped in 1973; Nos.14 and 15
in 1984, and finally Nos.12 and 13 in
1987. The last vessel to load coal at a
Swansea coal hoist was the m.v. ‘Paquita’
which loaded 520 tonnes for Cork at No.12
hoist on the 25th February 1987
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Sailing vessel loading coal at a G.W.R.
coaling appliance on the west side of
the North Dock, Swansea (c.1880)
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Small coaster loading coal at
Midland Railway’s No.1 coaling
appliance on the east side of the
North Dock, Swansea (c.1890)
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Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway coal
hoists on the north side of the
Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea (c.1900)
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A general view of the coal hoists at
Kings Dock, Swansea in 1910
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s.s. ‘Lieven’ loading coal at No.5
Hoist, Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea
(1950’s)
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Unknown steamship loading coal
at No.5 Hoist, Prince of Wales
Dock, Swansea (1950’s)
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m.v. ‘Pengly’ loading coal at No. 5
Hoist, Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea
(1950’s)
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m.v. ‘Paul Westlas’ berthed at a coal
hoist in the Prince of Wales Dock,
Swansea in the early 1960’s |
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Coaster loading coal at No.12
Hoist, Kings Dock, Swansea in
the 1950’s
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m.v. ‘Elisabeth’ loading
coal at No.11 Hoist, Kings
Dock, Swansea in the
1950’s
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Vessel loading coal at
No.13 Hoist, Kings Dock,
Swansea in the 1960’s
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m.v. ‘Bordagain’
loading coal at
No.14 Hoist, Kings
Dock, Swansea in
the 1960’s
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m.v.
‘Tewkesbury’
loading
coal at
No.13
Hoist,
Kings
Dock,
Swansea in
the 1960’s |
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m.v.
‘Vicky’
loading
coal at
No.15
Hoist,
Kings
Dock,
Swansea
in 1967 |
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