The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-31 00:00:00

Extensive Dock Projects at Cardiff,

The rapidly advancing port of Cardiff at the present time
possesses most extensive dock accommodation, but the trade
of exportation of coal and iron has for the last four or five
months proved so great that the docks have been crowded to
excess, while numbers of ships wait their turn in Penarth
roads. The existing dock accommodation consists of the
East Bute dock, acreage 45a 3r 3p; West Bute dock, acre-
age 19a 3r 2p; tidal harbour,:about 10a; Glamorganshire
canal, about 14a (used by shipping) ; Penarth tidal harbour
and Penarth dock (almost completed), about 13a. From
600 to 800 vessels visit the port monthly, and during one
month of the present year upwards of 150,000 tons of coal
weretere exported alone. The trustees of the Marquis of Bute
19` ve given notice of application to Parliament at the next
`;'243ion for permission to construct new docks, and so ex-
:74lVost
Quire
been the. projects proposed that they will al-
expeu'L._iree
_a lifetime for their accomplishment, and the
limes
otuivaeotf more than two millions of money. The Card"
week issues a map of the port, with the pro-
posed new docks,
accompanied by explanatory and de-
scriptive matte, &c
whiehFrom it we find the new docks are three
eileleswith the amount of lands, &c., for
Taking the docks ore : space of some 500 or 600 acres.
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g dock, the first which receives atten-
tionthwehich, as regards position, lies in a
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south-easterly dock will be the largest sheet of wa.Terhe
of new
whole, having an area of GS acres and a bud, of t
12acresthe
In position it will lie diagonal to the floating doeic t,'B
northern extremity inclining to the east. The depth "0,
water on the sills at high spring tides will be 313/4 feet, and
it will consequently admit ships of very large burden.
Among other works is a landing pier, which will be 1,600
yards long and 300 yards below low water mark. Its posi-
tion is to the east of the floating and south-easterly docks;
it is at an angle of about 45 degrees to the floating dock.
and at almost right angles to the south-easterly dock. It
will also act as a breakwater to protect the shipping from
easterly winds, and in that respect will act an important
part in the economy of that system of commercial develop-
ment which this aigantic scheme will aid in carrying out.

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