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The Royal Visit to Swansea: steam navvy used in making the new dock at Swansea, 1881. 'The new East Dock, which was opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales on Tuesday, was commenced in 1879, and will be ready for traffic in three months...The work has been designed and executed under the direction of Mr. James Abernethy, C.E. The entire cost will be at least £300,000... A dock for long and deep ships was required, and the Harbour Trust, by its surplus and borrowing powers, has created this at once. In the working of Swansea harbour, vessels of lighter tonnage will now have two docks to themselves, with an outer tidal basin, leaving the East Dock to the largest ships'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.