Volume Two - The Era of Optimism, Investment & Development - Developments at the turn of the 20th century . . .

What the Deal Means - The deal means the fusion of three of the principal railway and dock concerns in South Wales. The Cardiff and Penarth Docks become allied, which will give the combined undertakings direct shipping trade amounting to nearly 17 millions of tons a year, a total which must grow rapidly with the development of trade brought about by the construction of the new Queen Alexandra Dock. The trade of the docks for the last complete year was as follows:-

The gross register tonnage of shipping handled in the same period was 7,220,000 tons, the vessels numbering over 12,700. These figures include repeated voyages.

The docks of the companies have an area of 242 acres, excluding many acres of timber-floats:-

The extent of the railways in miles (excluding foreign lines worked over) is as follows:-