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Barry Dock Offices..
Anyone travelling along Barry's waterfront cannot fail to notice the grand ' Dock Office'.
It was originally home to the Barry Railway Company, the group of Rhondda colliery owners who banded together to create their own railway line and docks at Barry....Since it opened, in 1900, the Dock Office has been the home of various organisations with responsibility for the docks.
The Vale of Glamorgan Council bought the property from Associated British Ports and has undertaken a programme of renovation to preserve the building as an iconic symbol of Barry and it's history....Barry may no longer be the largest coal exporting port in the world, it exported 11 million tons of coal in 1913, but is still a major trading-port taking vessels up to 23,000 tons and offering a first-class tidal positin on the deep water channel of the Seven Estuary...
Barry Dock Offices..
Anyone travelling along Barry's waterfront cannot fail to notice the grand ' Dock Office'.
It was originally home to the Barry Railway Company, the group of Rhondda colliery owners who banded together to create their own railway line and docks at Barry....Since it opened, in 1900, the Dock Office has been the home of various organisations with responsibility for the docks.
The Vale of Glamorgan Council bought the property from Associated British Ports and has undertaken a programme of renovation to preserve the building as an iconic symbol of Barry and it's history....Barry may no longer be the largest coal exporting port in the world, it exported 11 million tons of coal in 1913, but is still a major trading-port taking vessels up to 23,000 tons and offering a first-class tidal positin on the deep water channel of the Seven Estuary...