1. The History of Cardiff Docklands 1782 and beyond….
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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.
The Glamorganshire canal was constructed bringing iron from the valleys.
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4. The Sea Lock was opened at the mouth of the Taff
1796-9
The Sea Lock was opened at the mouth of the Taff
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5. First steam boat service between Cardiff and Bristol.
1833
First steam boat service between Cardiff and Bristol.
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6. 1839
Bute West Dock opened
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7. Opening of the Taff Vale Railway
1840
Opening of the Taff Vale Railway
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8. Butetown laid out on reclaimed marshland
Butetown laid out on reclaimed marshland
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9. First train of steam coal reached Cardiff from the Rhondda.
1855
First train of steam coal reached Cardiff from the Rhondda.
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10. 1855
Bute East Dock opened
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11. 1865 Penarth Docks constructed to rival Cardiff.
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12. 1874
Roath Basin opened.
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13. Cardiff Chamber of commerce and Coal Exchange opened.
1886
Cardiff Chamber of commerce and Coal Exchange opened.
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14. 1887
Roath Dock opened.
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15. Pierhead building constructed.
1896
Pierhead building constructed.
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16. Queen Alexandra Dock opened.
1907
Queen Alexandra Dock opened.
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17. New Exchange opened following refurbishment.
1912
New Exchange opened following refurbishment.
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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 1930s Cardiff dockers join the General Strike.
Depression hits Cardiff docks very hard.

21. 1940-1 1944 Bombings of docklands during World War Two.
Cardiff used in connection with preparation for Normandy landings.
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22. 1958 1960s Trade at Cardiff drops to around 2 millions tons a year.
Old Tiger Bay and docklands housing demolished and new Butetown housing and flats built.
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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. East Moors Steelworks shut down.
1978
East Moors Steelworks shut down.
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25. 1980
South Butetown District Plan prepared. Mount Stuart Square declared a conservation area.

26. The mission statement of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation is:
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. Wales Millennium Centre opens.
2004
Wales Millennium Centre opens.

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