Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Thirteen - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - even more aspects - Random Rants, Notes and Articles No.3 . . . .



Coal and Coke (including Bunker coal) Shipped from Cardiff (incl. Penarth) from 1800 - 1883. The table is taken from the Transactions Vol. XiV. of The South Wales Institute of Engineers and the lower graph attempts to illustrate and contrast the exponential growth of the coal trade with the decline of the Glamorganshire Canal following the opening of the Taff Vale Railway in 1841, the West and East Bute Docks, Cardiff, and the impact of the Ely Tidal Harbour commencing 1849 and the Penarth Dock from 1865. [1374] [499]



Coal and Coke Brought Down for Shipment by Canal and Railway 1800 - 1883. Another table taken from the Transactions Vol. XiV. of The South Wales Institute of Engineers and again the lower graph attempts to illustrate and contrast the exponential growth of the coal trade with the decline of the Glamorganshire Canal following the opening of the Taff Vale Railway in 1841, the West and East Bute Docks, Cardiff, and the impact of the Ely Tidal Harbour commencing 1849 and the Penarth Dock from 1865. At Penarth, the Rhymney Railway was given running powers over the TVR's lines from 1864. [1374] [499]