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The History of Cardiff Docklands 1782 and beyond ….

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”

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 1791-94 The Glamorganshire canal was constructed bringing iron from the valleys. Image: Pontypridd Museum http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=29637&t=1 Image: Glamorgan records Office http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=21061&t=1

  4. 1796-9 The Sea Lock was opened at the mouth of the Taff Image : Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=31825&t=1

  5. 1833 First steam boat service between Cardiff and Bristol. Image Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/30312

  6. 1839 Bute West Dock opened Image :National Museums and Galleries of Wales http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=13514&t=1

  7. 1840 Opening of the Taff Vale Railway Image : Pontypridd Museum http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=29602&t=1

  8. 1845-55 Butetown laid out on reclaimed marshland Image : Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=32174&t=1

  9. 1855 First train of steam coal reached Cardiff from the Rhondda. Image :Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=30284&t=1

  10. 1855 Bute East Dock opened Image :Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=30282&t=1

  11. 1865 Penarth Docks constructed to rival Cardiff. Images: Vale of Glamorgan Council, Library and Information Service http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=20980&t=1http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=20979&t=1

  12. 1874 Roath Basin opened. Image :Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/6557

  13. 1886 Cardiff Chamber of commerce and Coal Exchange opened. Image: Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=30307&t=1

  14. 1887 Roath Dock opened. Image:Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=30259&t=1

  15. 1896 Pierhead building constructed. Image :Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=30271&t=1

  16. 1907 Queen Alexandra Dock opened. Image ; Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=6551&t=1

  17. 1912 New Exchange opened following refurbishment. Image :Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=30308&t=1

  18. 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.

  19. 1922 • Cardiff Docks taken over by Great Western Railway. • Formation of the T.G.W.U. out of the dockers and other unions.

  20. 1926 • Cardiff dockers join the General Strike. 1930s • Depression hits Cardiff docks very hard.

  21. 1940-1 • Bombings of docklands during World War Two. 1944 • Cardiff used in connection with preparation for Normandy landings. Image:Gathering The Jewels www.gtj.org.uk

  22. 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. Image :Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=32153&t=1

  23. 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.

  24. 1978 East Moors Steelworks shut down. Image :Cardiff Central Library http://www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=31675&t=1

  25. 1980 South Butetown District Plan prepared. Mount Stuart Square declared a conservation area.

  26. 1987 Cardiff Bay Development Corporation begins operation. 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'

  27. 1988 • New South Glamorgan County Hall opens at Atlantic Wharf.

  28. 1990 • Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre opens.

  29. 1992 • Official opening of Norwegian Church.

  30. 1993 • Barrage started.

  31. 1995 • New Techniquest opened.

  32. 1999 • Welsh National Assembly established in Bay

  33. 1999 • Barrage opened

  34. 2003 • Work begins on new Assembly Chamber.

  35. 2004 • Wales Millennium Centre opens.

  36. 2006 • New Welsh Assembly Senedd opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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