Early 19th century view of Swansea Town & Harbour
Entrance to Swansea Harbour 1830
Swansea Harbour 1851
View over the New Cut & North Dock, Swansea 1852
Schooner awaiting high water in Fabians Bay
Barque Mary Dugdale (left) in River Tawe 1845 (Calvert Richard Jones)
Barque Ellen Simpson on Swansea's West Pier 1845 (Calvert Richard Jones)
Barque Cobre in River Tawe 1845 (Calvert Richard Jones)
Corporation of Swansea's graving yard on the River Tawe
Fabians Bay & Port Tennant Copperworks 1873 (in background)
Extract from Illustrated London News 1880 regarding a visit to Swansea by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (thanks to Pat Smale)
A cropped section highlighting the new Prince of Wales Dock on the right-hand side. Note the extensive air pollution from the local metallurgical industries in the distance
An illustration of Swansea Docks viewed from south to north 1881
An illustration of Swansea Docks viewed from north to south 1881
Sailing ships leaving Swansea on an ebbing tide
Two ladies out for a stroll on Swansea's West Pier
Promenading on the West Pier, Swansea
Swansea's West Pier in the foreground with the East Pier in the distance
Two-masted topsail schooner leaving Swansea Docks
French brig L'Esperance heading out into Swansea Bay c.1895
View over the town & port of Swansea c.1895
Swansea pilot cutter Vivian being towed out to sea c.1895
Schooner in the South Dock discharging a cargo of timber to rail wagons
La Paimpolaise laid up behind the South Dock approach jetty awaiting repairs
Sailing ships loading coal at the South Dock coal hoists
s.s. Racine & Irish-owned barque Charles Bal in the Prince of Wales Dock
Royal Navy Amazon-class sloop in the Prince of Wales Dock c.1885
Windjammers in the Prince of Wales Dock waiting to load coal c.1890
s.s. Talbot on 21 Shed Wharf, South Dock c.1905
F Ley & Sons warehouse & wharf on the east bank of the River Tawe c.1920
Swansea Docks was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1923
Great Western Railway advertising poster for Swansea Docks
Armstrong Whitworth 1½ ton hydraulic cranes on A Shed Wharf 1927
10 ton hydraulic cranes on No.4 Quay 1928
Kings Dock entrance lock 1932
Four-masted schooner James E Newsom in the South Dock 1937
Swansea's 60 ton floating crane 1943
Scherzer bridge over the channel between Kings Dock & Queens Dock c.1955