Detail of the heavily ornamented terracotta chimney breast on the west face of the Pierhead Building, Cardiff, including the coat of arms of the Cardiff Railway Company and the motto "Wrth ddŵr a thân" - "by water and fire"

Date:: 5 Jul 1970

Location:: Pierhead Building, Pierhead Street, Butetown Community, Bute Docks, Cardiff, Caerdydd - Cardiff

Reference:: IMP01/01/0180

Type:: Photograph (Transparency)

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Built as a replacement for the Bute Docks Company offices that had been destroyed by fire in 1892. By completion in 1897 the Bute Docks Company had become the Cardiff Railway Company

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This is part of the Series: IMP01/01 Ian M Parsons Slide Collection - English, Welsh And Scottish Locations; within the Collection: IMP01 Ian M Parsons Slide Collection

Detail of the heavily ornamented terracotta chimney breast on the west face of the Pierhead Building, Cardiff, including the coat of arms of the Cardiff Railway Company and the motto "Wrth ddŵr a thân" - "by water and fire"

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