Milford Haven, The Swimming Pool 1948
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M77018
More about this scene
The modern Milford Haven grew in the 1790s and the port was to cater for the needs of the whaling ships, as they brought their cargoes here to be processed in blubber oil. Dockyards were also created here for the Navy. As these activities moved away, Milford reinvented itself from the 1880s as a true fishing port. This trade declined as well, despite the landing of a record catch of 60,000 tons of fish in 1946. Milford then turned to oil again, but this time a different kind of oil, and four oil refineries came into production from the 1950s, making Milford the second largest oil refining port in Europe in the 1970s. This was not without hazard, as the disaster of the spillage from the 'Sea Empress' at Milford in 1996 was to show. With the boats and quays in the background, this open-air swimming pool has a definite industrial maritime feel to it, but that did not prevent it from being very popular.
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