View looking east across the Kings Dock Level Crossing before work started on the new East Side Road.

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Swansea Corporation, later Swansea County Borough Council, later Swansea City Council, recordsBA, BE, EA, HE, LE, PL, TC and TR

Borough Architect's DepartmentS/BA/hub

Borough Engineer's DepartmentS/BE/hub

Records relating to ARP and air raid sheltersS/BE/1/hub

Unfit housesS/BE/2/hub

Street lightingS/BE/9/hub

Planning consent documents and plans relating to properties in the County Borough of Swansea. The files typically contain the plans submitted for consideration by the council, along with any supporting paperwork. Each is stamped by the various departments they passed through, and the councils decision is given. The item number is the application number assigned at the beginning of the planning process: it is used at every stage of the process, for example in council minute books, and in the various planning registers listed as BE 31-35.S/BE/30/hub

Registers of applications, consents and refusals for planning. These registers record details of planning applications received, including the applicants name, the street and parish in which the development is planned, particulars of development, and details of the decision.S/BE/31/hub

Registers of Applications for Building LicencesS/BE/32/hub

Records relating to building controlS/BE/33/hub

Records relating to housingS/BE/34/hub

Registers of applications, consents and refusals for planning. These registers constitute a record of the various stages of the planning process in Swansea. They include the location and description of the application, name of the applicant (some also include the name of the architect or builder), the date of consent, application or refusal, depending on the nature of the record, and the plan number. The plan to which this refers can be found, if it is still in existence, among the building plans listed as BE 30.S/BE/35/hub

Report BooksS/BE/36/hub

Building controls recordsS/BE/37/hub

Plans of properties in LandoreS/BE/38/hub

PhotographsS/BE/39/hub

Set of photographs showing the development of the East Side Road (now known as Fabian Way), during the 1950s and 1960s.S/BE/40/hub

East Side Road Section 1A construction photographsS/BE/40/1/hub

East Side Road Section 1B construction photographsS/BE/40/2/hub

East Side Road Section 2 construction photographsS/BE/40/3/hub

East Side Road Section 3 and 4 construction photographsS/BE/40/4/hub

East Side Road Section 4 construction photographsS/BE/40/5/hub

East Side Road Section 5 construction photographsS/BE/40/6/hub

East Side Road Section 6 (part 1) construction photographsS/BE/40/7/hub

East Side Road Section 6 (part 2) construction photographsS/BE/40/8/hub

East Side Road general construction photographsS/BE/40/9/hub

View looking north east towards Elba Crescent taken from the Tank Farm Road, showing site of proposed new bridge.BE 40/9/1

View looking west along the old B4290 road near Elba Crescent, before work began on the East Side Road.BE 40/9/2

View looking west along the old B4290 road from Baldwins Crescent, showing the concrete road on the new south carriageway.BE 40/9/3

View looking east towards Elba Crescent, showing the south concrete carriageway under construction.BE 40/9/4

View looking east across the Kings Dock Level Crossing before work started on the new East Side Road.BE 40/9/5

View looking east showing a new bridge under construction near Baldwins Crescent.BE 40/9/6

View looking west showing a new bridge under construction near Baldwins Crescent.BE 40/9/7

View looking north east showing a new bridge under construction near Baldwins Crescent.BE 40/9/8

View looking west showing a new bridge under construction near Baldwins Crescent.BE 40/9/9

View looking north west showing a new bridge under construction near Baldwins Crescent.BE 40/9/10

Views showing the construction of a new bridge near Baldwins Crescent ad part of the new East Side Road.BE 40/9/11-14

View looking east showing the old road still in use and the north carriageway under construction. Also shows the new Kings Dock Bridge open to traffic and the new boundary wall for A.W.C.O. works under construction.BE 40/9/15

View looking east showing a close up view of the demolition work on the old Dan-y-graig Bridge for the north carriageway.BE 40/9/16

View looking west showing the new dual carriageway in use to the Vale of Neath Inn.BE 40/9/17

View looking east showing the south carriageway in use and the north carriageway under construction.BE 40/9/18

View looking east along the proposed centre line of the new dual carriageway. Also shows the site of the old Burrows Garage.BE 40/9/19

View looking west along the new East Side Road at entrance to the Kings Dock.BE 40/9/20

View looking west along the new East Side Road at entrance to the Kings Dock.BE 40/9/21

View showing a piling frame for construction of a new bridge at the Kings Dock entrance.BE 40/9/22

View looking east from the railway embankment near the Burrows Inn showing foundation for the carriageway completed.BE 40/9/23

View of excavations taking place for the new carriageway access to the docks.BE 40/9/24

View along the centre line of the new dual carriageway access to the docks before the start of the work.BE 40/9/25

View showing the new docks access bridge from the railway embankment. Also shows the existing docks entrance in the foreground.BE 40/9/26

View looking west showing the excavation clearing around the south abutment of new railway bridge to span the new dual carriageway.BE 40/9/27

View taken from underneath the new bridge to the docks before work started on removing the viaduct.BE 40/9/28

View of new docks access bridge with old viaduct in the background. The viaduct was later removed to make way for the new docks access road.BE 40/9/29

View taken from under the docks access road bridge looking south.BE 40/9/30

View looking north showing the bridge carrying the railway over the docks entrance.BE 40/9/31

View looking south chamber over the pumping station on the left and the new bridge carrying the railway over the docks access road.BE 40/9/32

View looking east from the old Dan-y-graig Bridge, showing the completed north carriageway and the access road to the docks nearing completion.BE 40/9/33

View of the new Dan-y-graig Bridge and the temporary road layout.BE 40/9/34

View looking west showing the construction of the retaining wall running parallel with Port Tennant Road.BE 40/9/35

View looking east towards the completed section of the new dual carriageway at the Kings Dock entrance.BE 40/9/36

View looking east from under the Dan-y-graig Bridge showing the north carriageway under construction.BE 40/9/37

View looking east from the Dan-y-graig Bridge showing the north carriageway under construction and the temporary road in use on the south carriageway.BE 40/9/38

View looking east over the new Dan-y-graig Bridge looking towards Port Tennant Road, during construction of the East Side Road.BE 40/9/39

View looking east over the Kings Dock access bridge.BE 40/9/40

View looking south west across the old B4290 road at Fabian Street showing recently demolished houses in preparation for the new East Side Road.BE 40/9/41

View looking west along the old B4290 road at Fabian Street showing recently demolished houses between Lewis Street and Maes Street in preparation for the new East Side Road.BE 40/9/42

View looking south east under the Fabian Street Bridge showing work on the north carriageway.BE 40/9/43

View looking north east along the East Side Road, showing the competed north carriageway at the Inkerman Street junction.BE 40/9/44

View looking west at Fabian Bridge showing the completed dual carriageway.BE 40/9/45

View looking west along the new dual carriageway at junction with Lewis Street.BE 40/9/46

View showing the exposed pine end of 3 Miers Street, St Thomas.BE 40/9/47

View looking west along the new dual carriageway at Baldwins Bridge.BE 40/9/48-49

View from under the new road bridge over the railway line near Baldwins Crescent.BE 40/9/50

View showing the foundation to boundary wall of A.W.C.O. during the construction of the East Side Road.BE 40/9/51

View looking east at the Kings Dock Level Crossing, before work started on the East Side Road.BE 40/9/52

View looking south east during the construction of Baldwins Bridge.BE 40/9/53-54

View looking east showing the completed Baldwins Bridge.BE 40/9/55

View looking north east showing Kings Dock Level Crossing, before work started on the East Side Road.BE 40/9/56

East Side Road junction west of Baldwins Bridge construction photographsS/BE/40/10/hub

Miscellaneous photographs from the Borough Engineers DepartmentS/BE/41/hub

General Correspondence Files. The following files include correspondence and in some instances, plans and bills of quantities.S/BE/51/hub

Files relating to war-damaged properties: general files, including some relating to reconstruction of Swansea town centre after the BlitzS/BE/52/hub

Preliminary reconstruction drawings of Swansea and other records, created by Ernest E. Morgan, Borough Architect, 1930s and c. 1943S/BE/55/hub

Miscellaneous filesS/BE/56/hub

Aerial mosaic photographs of Swansea, 1946. These aerial mosaic photographs of Swansea from Morriston to Mumbles were taken by the Royal Air Force in March 1946. They were either commissioned or subsequently purchased by the Swansea Corporation Borough Engineer and Surveyors Department and bound into volumes for ease of reference. Each volume covers a strip of land running east-westS/BE/100/hub

Ordnance Survey aerial photographs prepared from Air Photographs taken by the R.A.F, March 1946. Approximate scale 1:1250 or about 50 inches to 1 mile. The aerial photographs have been catalogued in more detail using National Grid references.S/BE/101/hub

Aerial mosaic photographs of Swansea, 1946. These aerial mosaic photographs of Swansea from Morriston to Mumbles were taken by the Royal Air Force in March 1946. They were either commissioned or subsequently purchased by the Swansea Corporation Borough Engineer and Surveyors Department and bound into volumes for ease of reference. Each volume covers a strip of land running east-westS/BE/102/hub

Photographs of engineering works in Swansea, 1923-1979. This collection of photographs records various aspects of engineering work which was carried out by the Engineers Department of the Borough of Swansea. This includes properties designated for demolition, the development of new road layouts, and building works. The subjects covered are all within the pre-1974 boundaries of the City of Swansea. NB. The original numbering sequence for this collection has been retained, and consequently there are occasional gaps in the numbering sequence.S/BE/EN1P/hub

Photographs of engineering works in Swansea, 1979-1996. This collection of photographs records various aspects of engineering work which was carried out by the Engineer's Department of the Borough of Swansea. This includes properties designated for demolition, the development of new road layouts, and building works. NB. The original numbering sequence for this collection has been retained, and consequently there are occasional gaps in the numbering sequence.S/BE/EN1PR/hub

Borough Estate Agent's DepartmentS/EA/hub

Medical Officer of Health's DepartmentS/HE/hub

Swansea City Council: Leisure Services DepartmentS/LE/hub

Swansea City Council: Planning DepartmentS/PL/hub

Town Clerk's DepartmentS/TC/hub

Treasurer's DepartmentS/TR/hub