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Pembroke Dock (Welsh: Doc Penfro) is a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Pembroke on the banks of the River Cleddau. Originally Paterchurch, a small fishing village, Pembroke Dock town expanded rapidly following the construction of the Royal Navy Dockyard in 1814.
The Defensible Barracks at Pembroke Dock, is a Grade II* listed, Victorian-era fortification and barracks in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. It is a 20-sided stone fort surrounded by a dry moat with masonry walls.
Coal trains to Pembroke Dock ran until the end oft 1978. [2] The twice-weekly service had become uneconomic: in 1969, almost 800 wagons carrying over 10,000 tons of coal had been carried, compared with only 218 wagons with 3,500 tonnes of coal in the first nine months of 1978.
See more images No 1, The Terrace Pembroke Dock SM9603803521 51°41′36″N 4°57′09″W / 51.693252420968°N 4.9525128244509°W / 51.693252420968; -4.9525128244509 (No 1, The Terrace) 18 January 1974 House formerly listed together with the Commodore Club 6454 No 2, The Terrace Pembroke Dock SM9606303504 51°41′35″N 4°57′08″W / 51.693108890757°N 4. ...
Around the start of the 19th century, two new towns were constructed: Milford in 1790 by Sir William Hamilton, and Pembroke Dock in 1802 as the site for a new Royal Naval Dockyard. Both towns have regular planned layouts, both have experienced a history of boom and slump in shipbuilding, fishing and as railheads and ocean terminals. [1]
RAF Pembroke Dock had two spillways; one was 1,121 feet (342 m) with a mechanical winch and the other was 199 feet (61 m). A third spillway was located at Neyland on the other side of the estuary to Pembroke Dock. [13] In 1934, No. 230 Sqn was reformed at RAF Pembroke Dock, having been disbanded in 1922. The Squadron would leave and return four ...
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Pembroke (/ ˈ p ɛ m b r ʊ k / PEM-bruuk; Welsh: Penfro [3]) is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 7,552.The names of both the town and the county (of which the county town is Haverfordwest) have a common origin; both are derived from the Cantref of Penfro: Pen, 'head' or 'end', and bro, 'region', 'country', 'land', which has been interpreted to mean either ...