the history of cardiff docklands 1782 and beyond …. image:cardiff central library
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The History of Cardiff Docklands
1782 and beyond….Image:Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=30271&t=1
1782
• “We have no coal exported from this port , nor ever shall , as it would be too expensive to bring it down here from the internal part of the country”
• Customs Officer at Cardiff
1791-94
The Glamorganshire canal was constructed bringing iron from the
valleys.
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1796-9The Sea Lock was opened at the
mouth of the Taff
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1833First steam boat service between
Cardiff and Bristol.
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1839Bute West Dock opened
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1840Opening of the Taff Vale Railway
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1845-55Butetown laid out on reclaimed
marshland
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1855First train of steam coal reached
Cardiff from the Rhondda.
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1855Bute East Dock opened
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1865Penarth Docks constructed to rival Cardiff.
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1874Roath Basin opened.
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1886Cardiff Chamber of commerce and
Coal Exchange opened.
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1887Roath Dock opened.
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1896Pierhead building constructed.
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1907Queen Alexandra Dock opened.
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1912New Exchange opened following
refurbishment.
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1913• 10.5 million tons of coal exported making Cardiff the premier coal port in the world.
1919• Race riots in Tiger Bay sparked off by post war depression and demobilisation.
1922
• Cardiff Docks taken over by Great Western Railway.
• Formation of the T.G.W.U. out of the dockers and other unions.
1926
• Cardiff dockers join the General Strike.
1930s• Depression hits Cardiff docks very
hard.
1944• Cardiff used in connection with preparation for
Normandy landings.
• Bombings of docklands during World War Two.
1940-1
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1958• Trade at Cardiff drops to around 2 millions
tons a year.
1960s• Old Tiger Bay and docklands housing demolished
and new Butetown housing and flats built.
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1963• British transport Docks set up –
eliminating Cardiff’s remaining coal exports.
1964• Bute West Dock closed and filled up.
1970
• Bute East Dock closed.
1978East Moors Steelworks shut down.
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1980South Butetown District Plan
prepared. Mount Stuart Square declared a conservation area.
1987
The mission statement of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation is:
'to put Cardiff on the international map as a superlative maritime city which will stand comparison
with any such city in the world, thereby enhancing the image and economic well-being of Cardiff and of
Wales as a whole'
Cardiff Bay Development Corporation begins operation.
1988
• New South Glamorgan County Hall opens at Atlantic Wharf.
1990
• Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre opens.
1992
• Official opening of Norwegian Church.
1993
•Barrage started.
1995
• New Techniquest opened.
1999
• Welsh National Assembly established in Bay
1999
• Barrage opened
2003
• Work begins on new Assembly Chamber.
2004• Wales Millennium Centre opens.
2006
• New Welsh Assembly Senedd opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.