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

The Bute Docks, Cardiff. [000] [002] A colourised view.

The trade at the port then developed rapidly, Cardiff being the natural outlet for a very large section of the coalfield, and very soon further accommodation became necessary. The first part of the Cardiff East Dock was opened in 1855, the remainder in 1856. The Roath Basin was opened in 1874, the Roath Dock in 1887, and the great new Queen Alexandra Dock, which alone represented an outlay of over 2½ millions sterling, in 1907, the ceremony being performed by his Majesty the King, who was accompanied by Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria.

The directors of the company are Lord Edmund Talbot, D.S.O. (Chairman), the Marquess of Bute, Sir John Gunn, Sir James King, Bart., Sir William Thomas Lewis, Bart., K.C.V.O., Messrs. Archibald R. C. Pitman, and Frederick J. Pitman. The general manager of the company is Sir William Thomas Lewis, and the secretary Mr. H. A. Roberts.