Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... T is in a great degree due to the Facilities For Shipping in Swansea that the Copper Trade has established itself there; these facilities have from time to time been greatly improved upon, otherwise, in all probability, or as may be said to be the rule, the trade would have taken to itself wings and have established itself elsewhere. The necessity for Docks in Swansea has always been unquestionable, but the port seems to have enjoyed in times past the sometimes questionable advantage of being the subject of numerous consultations; at the same time the want of the gift of clear prevision, as shewn by the Swansea Harbour Trustees, has caused Bristol to lose its chance and its position among the great ports of the Country; and on the opposite coast the time was when Bideford was the largest western port in England, in the days of the Armada sending more ships to fight the Spaniards than any other in Her Majesty's dominions. The first gentleman consulted was Captain Huddart, F.r.s., whose name is very familiar to practical engineers of the present day, though living in the beginning of the present century, and it seems his opinion was often sought by Harbour Authorities and was said to attend to these things principally for amusement, never making a charge. The Swansea Harbour Trustees composed, as far as we can gather, of the following gentlemen of the Town, viz.: SURVIVING REPRESENTATIVE TRUSTEES. Richard Row. William Padley. William Jeffreys. Richard Phillips. Wm. Grove. David Rowland. C. R. Jones. Charles Collins. Rob. Prance. Thomas Lott. Griff. Jenkins. Griffith Hitchings. George Haynes. Lord Vernon, Representative Trustee. thereupon Resolved that "if it would appear that Captain Huddart had made surveys for the improvement of...
