Barry Dock and Railway Contract No. 7, drawings 2-5. Hydraulic machinery required for the gate opening machines of inner and outer gates.
There are some pencil annotations regarding engineering matters on the drawings including a reference to a letter dated 20 October 1893. The top right hand corner of each drawing is inscribed in pencil 'To Mr J Wolfe Barry'.
Barry Docks were opened in 1889 by David Davies and John Cory. The principal engineer was John Wolfe Barry, assisted by Thomas Forster Brown and Henry Marc Brunel.
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