Cardiff Docks
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Cardiff Docks is a port in southern Cardiff, Wales. At its peak, the port was one of the largest dock systems in the world with a total quayage of almost 7 mi. Once the main port for the export of Sou
Queen Alexandra Dock
Coal ships tied up at Cardiff Docks
2nd Marquess of Bute
Opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock in 1907. Picture taken by Queen Alexandra
Cardiff Bay Barrage
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Cardiff Bay Barrage lies across the mouth of Cardiff Bay, Wales between Queen Alexandra Dock and Penarth Head. It was one of the largest civil engineering projects in Europe during construction in the
Cardiff Docks
…effects of economic depression in this run-down area. Today, the port of Cardiff and what is now known as Cardiff Bay has been totally transformed by the Cardiff Barrage that impounds the Rivers Taff and the Ely to create a massive fresh-water lake across to Penarth Head. Only two docks, the Roath and the Queen Alexandra…
Bascule Bridges
The mudflats exposed at low tide, before the construction of the barrage
Low-key inauguration ceremony of Cardiff Bay Barrage November 1999
The fish pass on the barrage