Reconstructing "The Yard"
This rather grubby photograph shows how the dockyard looked in about 1900. The building slip numbers have been added above the huge sheds that cover them. As mentioned before a project to recreate "The Yard" and its surroundings is being undertaken by the Digital Building Heritage team at De Montfort University.
Their latest blog gives some idea about how things are progressing. Early days, but the the model will represent the dockyard as it would have appeared in about 1860.
You can find out more about the project and the interest it has generated at:
http://digitalbuildingheritage.our.dmu.ac.uk/2013/09/20/victorian-cast-iron-buildings-and-royal-navy/
Did you have ancestors who worked or lived at Pembroke Dock in 1860?
I would love to hear from you!
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