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PENARTH
, an See also:urban See also:district and seaport in the See also:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Glamorganshire, See also:Wales, 166 m. by See also:rail from See also:London, picturesquely situated on rising ground on the See also:south See also:side of the mouth of the See also:Ely opposite See also:Cardiff, from which it is 4 m. distant by rail and 2 M. by steamer
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Pop
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(1901), 14,228
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The See also:place derives its name from two Welsh words, " See also:pen," a See also:head, and " See also:garth," an enclosure
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Penarth was a small and unimportant See also:village until a tidal See also:harbour at the mouth of the Ely was opened in 18J9, and a railway, 6 m. See also:long, was made about the same See also:time, connecting the harbour with the Taff Vale railway at Radyr
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A See also:dock, authorized in 18J7, was opened in 1865, when all three undertakings, which had cost L775,000, were leased in See also:perpetuity to the Taff Vale Railway See also:Company
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The See also:monopoly which the Bate Docks at Cardiff had previously enjoyed in See also:shipping See also:coal from the valleys of the Taff and See also:Rhondda was thus terminated
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The See also:town is frequented in summer as a bathing-place, and the See also:Rhaetic beds at the head are of See also:special See also:interest to geologists
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On this head there stood an old See also: In 1880–1883 gardens were laid out along the cliff, in 1894 a See also:promenade and landing-See also:pier with a length of 63o ft. were constructed, and in 1900 a marine subway open at all times for See also:foot passengers was made under the See also:river Ely . The dock, as first constructed, comprised 171 acres, was extended in 1884 at a cost of L250,000, and now covers 23 acres with a See also:basin of 3 acres . It is 2900 ft. in length, has a minimum See also:depth of 26 ft., and is furnished with every See also:modern appliance for the export of coal, of which from 20,000 to 30,000 tons can be stored in the sidings near by . The Penarth-Ely tidal harbour has a See also:water See also:area of 55 acres with a minimum depth of 20 ft., and a considerable import See also:trade is carried on here mainly by See also:coasting vessels; but as only one of its sides has wharves (about 3000 ft. along) scarcely more than 5 % of the See also:total shipping of the See also:port is done here . It has commodious warehouses, also tanks to hold about 6000 tons of oil . |
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