Huw,
Your information on the Barry Docks was interesting to me, personally, as
David Davies (b.1818, d.1890, Llandinam, MGY) of the Ocean Collieries was a
cousin of mine (his grandfather would have been my 4th ggrandfather). I
have two biographies that were written about him: "Topsawyer" by Ivor
Thomas (first published 1938 by Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd.), this ed.
pub. 1988 by Golden Grove (signed by the author and given to me by
descendants of David Davies) and a more recent biography, "Davies the
Ocean -- Railway King and Coal Tycoon" by Herbert Williams, pub. 1991 by
Univ. of Wales Press. There is much about the building of the Barry Docks
in both books, but nothing at all about subsequent accidents at the site,
I'm afraid.
Regards,
Julie Preston
anpreston(a)msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Daniel <hdaniel(a)enterprise.net>
To: Pezza <GLAMORGAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: Barry docks.
On 30-Jan-98, Pezza wrote:
->Does anyone have any information regarding the construction activities in
->Barry docks, around 1910 -1915. I am particularly interested in any
->construction accidents that may have occurred, as a family line I am
->tracing may have been involved.
->Gaynor in Vic, Aus.
Hi Gaynor,
You could try contacting the following....
Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum
Bute Street
Cardiff
CF1 6AN
Tel: 01222 481 919
They had a few books on Barry Docks when I was last there, approx Aug last
year.
Also of interest is the following from the "Industries of Wales"
"barry Docks were built as a result of the congestion, delays and high
charges
that were a feature of Cardiff Docks. The Marquess of Bute owned both
the
Taff
Vale Railway and the Port. Despite earlier promises to improve &
expand the
port facilities he took no action until 1882 when he threatened to increase
the shipping charges levied on coal-owners.
as a result interested parties decided to build their own docks,
subsequently
deciding on Barry as a suitable site. a leading campaigner for the
construction of docks at Barry was David DAVIES of Llandinam, owner of the
Ocean Collieries.
He and his Consortium obtained Parlimentary approval to build docks at
Barry
in 1884 and the first dock was opened in 1889, followed by a second in
1898.
There was also a dry dock at Barry until 1983, known as the "Graving Dry
Dock"
it was owned by the Barry Railway Company and was opened in 1893.
There are two photo's labelled "Barry New Dock c1910 and one of the 'SS
Walkure' which developed a list whilst loading coal & timber and bound for
South Africa, in 1908 but no-one was hurt in the incident.
regards
Huw
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