Paper Serviette printed with a copy of the Souvenir and Official Programme of The Visit of their Gracious Majesties to Wales, 20 July 1904
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Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited Swansea to cut the first sod for the construction of the Swansea New King's Dock. The programme reads: 'His Majesty will start the steam navvy, and the first sod will be deposited in a waggon', a steam navvy being an early steam-powered excavator. The Royal couple then went on to Rhayader the following day to open the Elan Valley Resevoir.
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