View looking west along Quay Parade at junction with Wind street, showing the start of the construction of the deep sewer.

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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

View looking south showing the temporary road layout at Quay Parade, during the construction of the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/1

View looking north east towards St Thomas at the corner of Slip Road and New Cut.BE 40/8/2

View looking south west across Quay Parade towards Bath Lane, shows train tracks still running parallel to road.BE 40/8/3

View looking north east towards Weavers, along Quay Parade with junction with the Strand.BE 40/8/4

View looking north towards Mayhill, showing the New Cut Bridge and its foundations.BE 40/8/5

View showing a partially demolished Sailors Home on Victoria Road, in preparation for the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/6

View looking west along Quay Parade showing temporary road layout and the recently demolished Sailors Home.BE 40/8/7

View looking west showing the cleared Mount Street site, in preparation for the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/8

View looking west showing the cleared Mount Street site, in preparation for the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/9

Views of Coleridge House during the diversion of the rising main.BE 40/8/10-12

Views of Prospect Place, Mount Street and Victoria Road during the diversion of the rising main.BE 40/8/13-16

View looking west along Quay Parade at junction with Wind street, showing the start of the construction of the deep sewer.BE 40/8/17

View looking north east along Quay Parade towards Weavers, shows the Tycoch Bus and an Arvin Modern Living Furniture van.BE 40/8/18

View looking west showing the approach to the Cuba Bridge from New Cut Bridge.BE 40/8/19

View looking north east showing the excavations for the dual carriageway between York Street and Mount Street.BE 40/8/20

View looking west showing the junction between York Street and Harbour Road.BE 40/8/21

View looking north east along Quay Parade towards Weavers, showing the construction of the deep sewer and excavation for the new south carriageway.BE 40/8/22

View looking west along New Cut Bridge showing the excavation for Cuba Island.BE 40/8/23

View looking west along Quay Parade towards York Street showing the construction of the deep sewer.BE 40/8/24

View of Victoria Road showing Coleridge House, during construction of the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/25

View looking east towards Weavers, showing the construction of the dual carriageway outside Unifloc (between York Street and Mount Street).BE 40/8/26

View looking west towards York Street, showing the construction of the dual carriageway between Mount Street and York Street.BE 40/8/27

View looking north along Quay Parade towards Cuba Bridge and Weavers, during construction of the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/28

View showing the construction of the dual carriageway on site of the former Sailors Home.BE 40/8/29

View looking through the Strand Arch towards the Strand.BE 40/8/30

Views of railway arches running the length of Quay Parade, includes the following businesses: C. R. Connor & Son and Swan Sports. Also includes various billboard adverts.BE 40/8/31-39

View looking east along Victoria Road towards Somerset Place and the Unifloc building, showing temporary road layout.BE 40/8/40

View looking west along Quay Parade towards Swansea Museum, showing temporary road layout during construction of the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/41

View looking towards Somerset Place and Coleridge House during construction of the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/42

View of Weavers looking west showing the demolished Cuba Bridge during construction of the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/43

View looking north east towards New Cut Bridge showing pillars remaining from the demolished Cuba Bridge.BE 40/8/44

View looking south west looking over the site of Middle Bank.BE 40/8/45

View looking south down the Strand towards the Strand Arch and Quay Parade, showing Knutsen & Sons.BE 40/8/46

View looking north along Quay Parade towards New Cut Bridge, showing Weavers and the new dual carriageway.BE 40/8/47

View looking west along Victoria Road showing Burrows Lodge, before construction on the dual carriageway.BE 40/8/48

View looking east towards St Thomas over New Cut Bridge showing the new dual carriageway.BE 40/8/49

Views showing various stages of demolition and construction of arches, railway bridges and sewers during the developments of the dual carriageway between New Cut Bridge and Wind Street.BE 40/8/50-73

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

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

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