Barry Docks
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Barry Docks is a port facility in the town of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, a few miles southwest of Cardiff on the north shore of the Bristol Channel. The docks were opened in 1889 by David Davies and John Cory as an alternative to the congested and expensive Cardiff Docks to ship coal carried by rail from the South Wales Coalfield. The principal engineer was John Wolfe Barry, assisted by Thomas Forster Brown and Henry Marc Brunel, son of the famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
View from the south (2010)
The Bendricks looking west. The lighthouse at the entrance to the channel leading to the docks is just visible with Barry island on the skyline
The Old Harbour, Barry, looking north towards the causeway that was built to Barry Island
David Davies
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
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Barry is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is on the north coast of the Bristol Channel approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions including several beaches and the resurrected Barry Island Pleasure Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2021 estimate data, the population of Barry was 56,605.
Image: Trinity Street, Barry geograph.org.uk 513980
Image: Barry dock offices (1)
Image: Barry Island seafront March 2008 Amusement Arcades Gavin ^ Stacey geograph.org.uk 2757986
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