Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,069 pages of information and 246,706 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway

From Graces Guide
1891.
March 1957.

Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Company, of 14 St. Mary Axe, London

This 10.5 mile line was originally incorporated in 1865 as the Alexandra (Newport) Docks Co. [1]

1875 Advert: opened the Alexandra Docks, Newport. Also owner of Newport Old Docks, the Alexandra Graving Dock, and the Blaina Wharf.

1878 The company launched the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway.

1882 The company name was changed by an Act of Parliament. [2]

1889 Engineer is W. S. Smyth.[3]

1911 Engineer is J. Pattinson. Loco Supt is T. W. R. Pearson[4]

1923 Became part of the Great Western Railway. [5]

'The Newport Docks & Railway Company' by John Hutton provides an excellent source of information and old photographs[6]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990
  2. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  3. 1889 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
  4. 1911 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
  5. [1] Wikipedia
  6. 'The Newport Docks & Railway Company' by John Hutton, Silver Link Publishing, 1996