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Dist:0.5km<br/>Part of the redevelopment of Swansea docks, with the merchant seamen's war memorial in the centre and Technium business innovation buildings on either side.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The monument commemorates the valiant work performed by Swansea's anti-aircraft batteries and also serves as a reminder to the horrific destruction that occurred in the town of Swansea during the Second World War, especially on the night of 21st February 1941 when Swansea was specifically targeted by many hundreds of German planes. It's a well known fact that the gun batteries were able to bring down very few planes, mainly due to the ferocity of the attacks and because the technology simply wasn't able to pinpoint aircraft then.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.5km<br/>Another view of [[[1605530]]], showing its new position beside Prince of Wales dock. The ambitious redevelopment of this area is not yet complete, hence the crane.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Pic taken on one of my first outings with the new camera
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The need for this mission was prompted by the large number of Scandinavian ships bringing pit props and taking on coal at Swansea docks around the turn of the C20. The church was originally in Newport but was re-erected here in 1910 for Norwegian sailors. It functioned as a place of worship, and Britain's last working seamen's mission, until 1998. It was relocated again for the redevelopment of the docks and is now a jewellery showroom. See http://www.explore-gower.co.uk/Content/pa=showpage/pid=58.html
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Dist:0.5km<br/>200 merchant seamen and fishermen who lost their lives in WW2 are listed here, the youngest 15 and the oldest 65. The memorial, by sculptor Philip Chatfield, consists of a granite column standing between two lifesize marble figures.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The church and Seamens Mission was originally in Newport but relocated to Swansea in 1910. Strangely enough, it doesn't look out of place next to the high tech development.
©Deborah Tilley
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Dist:0.5km<br/>From the sail bridge. The New Cut Bridge(s) are centre, Sainsbury on the left and SA1 on the right.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>To six luxury apartments.
©Deborah Tilley
Dist:0.5km<br/>Grade II listed former Norwegian Church originally located at Newport Docks was relocated to Swansea in 1910. The building comprises of a Seaman’s Mission to the west end and a single gothic church to the east end.
©Andrew Davis
Dist:0.5km<br/>New apartment bloacks and other developments in SA1 backing on to Fabian Way, Swansea
©Andrew Davis
Dist:0.5km<br/>Docklands redevelopment with Kilvey Hill (Mynydd Cilfai) and its TV transmitter in the background.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Built around the turn of the 20th century, the J shed (as its name suggests) was one of many warehouses named sequentially by letters of the alphabet. All were built without longevity in mind - but many survived until the Second World War. J Shed is the only one that survived that. Comparatively recently the building was left empty and almost became derelict when architects Powell Dobson were commissioned to convert it into Wales' first mixed business/residence building, where any unit could be either a business or a home. P.D. liked the location so much that they leased the southern end 2 units and converted it into their own custom designed Swansea based office space.
©Hywel Williams

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