Bute Docks

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Bute Docks is located in Cardiff. At its peak it was the biggest coal exporting dock in the world.

Contents 1 History of the docks 2 The companies built from the docks 3 The fall of the docks 4 The new Cardiff Bay 5 Sources 6 See also

[edit] History of the docks

[edit] The companies built from the docks

The Taff Vale Railway was built to transport coal from the Valleys to the docks. It's headquarters are the delict building in Cardiff Bay railway station. The building was then turned into a railway heritage centre in 1979 by the Butetown Historic Railway Society and by 1994 started to run steam hauled passenger services up 500m of track. However, due to the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation had no interest in a railway, the society changed to the Vale of Glamorgan Railway and finally moved from the site in 1997 to Barry Island railway station.

[edit] The fall of the docks

[edit] The new Cardiff Bay

The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation was created in 1987 to counter the affects of the run down area.

[edit] Sources

[edit] See also

• Marquess of Bute